A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 4 May 2010 at 17:20 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:20 on Tuesday 4 May 2010. The 29-year-old male cyclist 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
- 4 May 2010
- Tuesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90404, longitude -3.12678, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950003236
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 May 1984
At the same spotRef 198495584A019
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 August 2017
At the same spotRef 2017950001878
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 October 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950008702
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A772 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 November 2023
8 m awayRef 2023991373789
Serious
Car crash on the A772 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 January 1994
14 m awayRef 1994950016794
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 17 January 2022
32 m awayRef 2022991134232
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2010950003236 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.