Serious A6095 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 14 February 2012 at 21:40 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van crashed on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh at 21:40 on Tuesday 14 February 2012. A 40-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Feb 2012
- Tuesday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93281, longitude -3.10553, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 3FL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950000971
- 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
- 6095
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 March 1983
At the same spotRef 198395383D012
Slight
Van crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 June 1985
At the same spotRef 198595685D001
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 September 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950008469
Slight
Car crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 December 1982
At the same spotRef 198295D82D019
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 August 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950838193
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 7 September 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950929697
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 2012950000971 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 2012.