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M8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 26 July 2012 at 13:00 involving a Suzuki Ignis

A Suzuki Ignis crashed on the M8 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:00 on Thursday 26 July 2012. The 57-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 2012
Thursday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Ignis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92247, longitude -3.31663, in the EH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 4AJ 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
2012950004097
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
720

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Ignis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,328 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Ignis)

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 2012950004097 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.