A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 15 March 2011 at 10:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic hit a pedestrian on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 10:45 on Tuesday 15 March 2011. A 30-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 2011
- Tuesday, 10:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96038, longitude -3.30062, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH4 7QF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950001808
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 701
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2025.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 June 2025
5 m awayRef 2025991601913
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 April 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950002037
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 June 2017
10 m awayRef 2017950001450
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 November 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951221696
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 May 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950487297
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 November 1997
10 m awayRef 1997951207597
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 2011950001808 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 2011.