M9 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 July 2009 at 16:20 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery, two Vauxhall Combo vans and a London Taxis Int. TX1 were involved in a crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:20 on Friday 3 July 2009. The 44-year-old female driver of the London Taxis Int. TX1 and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2009
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Land Rover Discovery and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94937, longitude -3.41075, in the EH29 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH29 9DE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950004954
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 November 2011
22 m awayRef 2011950007202
Slight
Car crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 November 1987
32 m awayRef 198795N87F024
Slight
Car crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 May 1987
71 m awayRef 198795587F019
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 May 1994
85 m awayRef 1994950568794
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 August 2010
125 m awayRef 2010950006191
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 2007
128 m awayRef 2007950002194
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 3 (London Taxis Int. TX1)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)
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 2009950004954 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.