A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 August 2013 at 11:20 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:20 on Friday 2 August 2013. The 47-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2013
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92131, longitude -3.30683, in the EH14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 4AJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004029
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2019.
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019950000237
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 September 2014
10 m awayRef 2014950004934
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 2011
22 m awayRef 2011950001341
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 September 2014
22 m awayRef 2014950004842
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 July 2024
23 m awayRef 2024991474039
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 June 2009
28 m awayRef 2009950004627
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
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 2013950004029 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 2013.