Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH8 on 21 August 2009 at 19:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 19:40 on Friday 21 August 2009. The 22-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2009
- Friday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95296, longitude -3.16119, in the EH8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Craigentinny/Duddingston, City of Edinburgh, EH7 6FJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950006315
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Fine, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1980.
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 April 1980
At the same spotRef 198095480A029
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 5 June 1989
At the same spotRef 198995689A035
Slight
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 11 September 1992
14 m awayRef 1992951048192
Serious
Volkswagen 1200 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 March 1993
14 m awayRef 1993950302593
Serious
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 October 2006
14 m awayRef 2006950009416
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 August 2015
22 m awayRef 2015950003790
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 2009950006315 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.