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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH30 on 4 May 2014 at 09:40 involving a Suzuki AN 400 motorcycle

A Suzuki AN 400 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:40 on Sunday 4 May 2014. The 71-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 2014
Sunday, 09:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki AN 400
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99015, longitude -3.40454, 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
2014950002424
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
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
34%
Estimated chance it was slight
66%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki AN 400

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki AN 400)

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 2014950002424 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.