B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 23 August 2013 at 17:35 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:35 on Friday 23 August 2013. A 67-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2013
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91621, longitude -3.28778, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sighthill/Gorgie, City of Edinburgh, EH11 4QH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004414
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2024.
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 January 2024
2 m awayRef 2024991400658
Slight
LDV 200 Series crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 September 1998
10 m awayRef 1998950949698
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 January 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950000828
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 July 2011
10 m awayRef 2011950004982
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 August 2013
14 m awayRef 2013950004474
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 November 2009
14 m awayRef 2009950008586
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2013950004414 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.