A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 March 2010 at 17:35 involving a Mazda 626
A Mazda 626 and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:35 on Friday 12 March 2010. The 51-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2010
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 626 and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94296, longitude -3.18299, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH8 9HL 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
- 2010950001975
- 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
- 7
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 1996.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 May 1996
At the same spotRef 1996950466396
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 November 1995
At the same spotRef 1995951232095
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 October 1987
At the same spotRef 198795O87A038
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 December 1995
At the same spotRef 1995951391295
Slight
Bus crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 November 1993
At the same spotRef 1993951321993
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 April 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950450994
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 626
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
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 2010950001975 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.