A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 September 2013 at 14:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic crashed on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:45 on Thursday 19 September 2013. The 82-year-old male driver and a 79-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2013
- Thursday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95009, longitude -3.31325, in the EH12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH12 8XU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950005221
- 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
- 902
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2004.
Slight
Bus crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950011600
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 September 1986
At the same spotRef 198695986C002
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950010923
Serious
Van crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197995D79C052
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 May 2001
10 m awayRef 2001950004097
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 February 2003
10 m awayRef 2003950001354
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- 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 2013950005221 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.