A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 April 2009 at 06:55 involving an MG MGF
An MG MGF crashed on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 06:55 on Thursday 9 April 2009. The 33-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 2009
- Thursday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- MG MGF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9499, longitude -3.31388, in the EH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH12 8XU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950002713
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 902
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 January 2022.
Serious
Honda CBF 125 crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022991135092
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 March 2014
10 m awayRef 2014950001579
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 February 2012
20 m awayRef 2012950001001
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 March 2017
22 m awayRef 2017950001034
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 June 2001
22 m awayRef 2001950005070
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 June 1994
30 m awayRef 1994950663394
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG MGF)
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 2009950002713 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 2009.