Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 8 May 2014 at 23:03 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 23:03 on Thursday 8 May 2014. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2014
- Thursday, 23:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91774, longitude -3.28799, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sighthill/Gorgie, City of Edinburgh, EH11 4QH area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950002513
- 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
- Urban
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
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2010.
Slight
HGV crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 May 2010
20 m awayRef 2010950004432
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 March 1980
20 m awayRef 198095380C014
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 March 2001
22 m awayRef 2001950002390
Serious
Honda XR125L crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 6 November 2007
22 m awayRef 2007950009301
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 28 December 1979
32 m awayRef 197995D79C050
Serious
Car crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 April 1988
32 m awayRef 198895488C035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2014950002513 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.