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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH5 on 26 January 2014 at 07:35 involving a Saab 9-3

A Saab 9-3 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 07:35 on Sunday 26 January 2014. A 30-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jan 2014
Sunday, 07:35
Vehicles
1
Saab 9-3
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97724, longitude -3.25198, in the EH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forth, City of Edinburgh, EH4 4GG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950000523
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 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
Central refuge, no other controls

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 2014950000523 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.