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A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 June 2010 at 05:00 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio crashed on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 05:00 on Sunday 27 June 2010. The 19-year-old male driver 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
27 Jun 2010
Sunday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Renault Clio
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96272, longitude -3.27458, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH4 5EB 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
2010950004565
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
90
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
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 11 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)

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 2010950004565 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.