C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH3 on 24 February 2014 at 17:19 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:19 on Monday 24 February 2014. A 52-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2014
- Monday, 17:19
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94393, longitude -3.20335, in the EH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH3 8BZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950001080
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 700
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1997.
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 15 November 1997
At the same spotRef 1997951189597
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 August 1987
At the same spotRef 198795887C035
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 May 1983
At the same spotRef 198395583C025
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 June 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950005628
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 31 December 2015
At the same spotRef 2015950000009
Slight
Bicycle crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 October 2000
At the same spotRef 2000950009815
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014950001080 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.