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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 September 2009 at 22:17 involving a Nissan Almera

A car and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 22:17 on Saturday 19 September 2009. A 13-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Almera were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Sep 2009
Saturday, 22:17
Vehicles
2
Car and Nissan Almera
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89954, longitude -3.23061, in the EH10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colinton/Fairmilehead, City of Edinburgh, EH13 9NY area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009950006933
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
720
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Almera)

    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 2009950006933 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.