Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH17 on 7 April 2014 at 07:30 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 07:30 on Monday 7 April 2014. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2014
- Monday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91358, longitude -3.12594, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH16 4SP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950001897
- 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
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1998.
Slight
Leyland crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 July 1998
At the same spotRef 1998950674798
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 December 1987
At the same spotRef 198795D87A039
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A68 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 April 2009
At the same spotRef 2009950002908
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A68 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 August 1984
10 m awayRef 198495884A042
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 September 1986
14 m awayRef 198695986A026
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 October 2009
14 m awayRef 2009950008403
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2014950001897 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.