A6106 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 February 2010 at 11:00 involving a Dodge Caliber
A motorcycle and a Dodge Caliber were involved in a crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:00 on Saturday 20 February 2010. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2010
- Saturday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Dodge Caliber
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95109, longitude -3.1211, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 1SE 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
- 2010950001327
- 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
- 6106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 2020.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 May 2020
9 m awayRef 2020990949731
Slight
Car crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 October 1999
22 m awayRef 1999950009254
Serious
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 February 2014
22 m awayRef 2014950000868
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 September 1979
22 m awayRef 197995979D025
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 August 2017
32 m awayRef 2017950001864
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 December 1997
41 m awayRef 1997951337897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Dodge Caliber
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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2010950001327 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 2010.