A70 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 13 August 2013 at 11:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:20 on Tuesday 13 August 2013. The 31-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2013
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89782, longitude -3.30252, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 5NL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004136
- 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
- 70
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Other
- 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 13 October 1992.
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 October 1992
10 m awayRef 1992951183992
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 13 March 2002
14 m awayRef 2002950002438
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 December 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950012288
Fatal
Peugeot 309 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 July 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950006903
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 May 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950004675
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 August 1980
64 m awayRef 198095880F024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2013950004136 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.