Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH9 on 19 July 2012 at 17:20 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:20 on Thursday 19 July 2012. The 27-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2012
- Thursday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92658, longitude -3.18617, in the EH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH9 3HT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950003973
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 1981.
Serious
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198195281A031
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 November 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950006600
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198695486A046
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 April 1996
10 m awayRef 1996950438296
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 1993
14 m awayRef 1993950280693
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 March 1986
14 m awayRef 198695386A035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 27, 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 2012950003973 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.