Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 29 December 2008 at 16:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:35 on Monday 29 December 2008. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2008
- Monday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9366, longitude -3.33968, in the EH12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950011381
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1996.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 November 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951172396
Serious
Car crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 June 1979
10 m awayRef 197995679C044
Fatal
Ford Orion crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 January 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950058993
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 June 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950720391
Slight
Car crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 June 1983
14 m awayRef 198395683C061
Serious
Lorry crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 June 1980
14 m awayRef 198095680F026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2008950011381 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the City of Edinburgh road accident statistics for 2008.