Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 2 April 2010 at 20:55 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 20:55 on Friday 2 April 2010. The 20-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2010
- Friday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92428, longitude -3.24644, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950002510
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 January 2012.
Serious
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 January 2012
At the same spotRef 2012950000608
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 January 2009
At the same spotRef 2009950000573
Serious
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 June 1985
At the same spotRef 198595685C005
Serious
Van crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 December 1983
At the same spotRef 198395D83C012
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 February 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950181793
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 February 1980
At the same spotRef 198095280C023
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2010950002510 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.