A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 24 November 2013 at 00:10 involving a Toyota Carina
A Toyota Carina and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 00:10 on Sunday 24 November 2013. The 23-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2013
- Sunday, 00:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Carina and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93743, longitude -3.23437, in the EH11 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 2FD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950006419
- 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
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 September 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 September 1988
At the same spotRef 198895988C033
Slight
Volvo crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 December 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950011408
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 1980
At the same spotRef 198095280C054
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 January 1990
At the same spotRef 1990950037690
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 December 1984
At the same spotRef 198495D84C026
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 June 2021
7 m awayRef 2021991059465
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)
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 2013950006419 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.