A701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 August 2013 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:30 on Monday 12 August 2013. The 45-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Aug 2013
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89015, longitude -3.16156, in the EH20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9NJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950005070
- 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
- 701
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2019.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 March 2019
11 m awayRef 2019950000292
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 March 2014
11 m awayRef 2014950001247
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 31 March 2022
13 m awayRef 2022991162464
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 October 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950009587
Slight
Iveco crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 March 2007
14 m awayRef 2007950002820
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 23 July 1983
22 m awayRef 198395783A038
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 45, 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 2013950005070 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.