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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH30 on 24 January 2014 at 17:10 involving an Audi A3

An Audi A3 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:10 on Friday 24 January 2014. A 10-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 2014
Friday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Audi A3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99092, longitude -3.39992, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9LZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950000486
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 2014950000486 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 2014.