A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 September 2010 at 12:15 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:15 on Monday 20 September 2010. The 22-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2010
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90485, longitude -3.27476, in the EH14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 5BQ 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
- 2010950006862
- 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
- 720
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2014.
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 December 2014
At the same spotRef 2014950006337
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 November 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951251396
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 September 2008
10 m awayRef 2008950007420
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BMW 3 Series crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 November 2017
10 m awayRef 2017950002410
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Renault Clio crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 December 1997
10 m awayRef 1997951326897
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 January 2020
13 m awayRef 2020990923262
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2010950006862 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.