Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH10 on 22 December 2013 at 20:00 involving a London Taxis Int. TX4
A London Taxis Int. TX4 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 20:00 on Sunday 22 December 2013. A 55-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2013
- Sunday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- London Taxis Int. TX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93388, longitude -3.21105, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950007067
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2006.
Slight
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At the same spotRef 2006950005340
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 August 1997
At the same spotRef 1997950864597
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 15 May 1985
At the same spotRef 198595585C034
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 September 1980
At the same spotRef 198095980C070
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 August 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950007217
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 October 1980
At the same spotRef 198095O80C063
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX4
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 55, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX4)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2013950007067 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.