A903 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 22 May 2014 at 18:45 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:45 on Thursday 22 May 2014. The 41-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2014
- Thursday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97508, longitude -3.21554, 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, EH5 2HT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950002808
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 903
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2014.
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 31 July 2014
At the same spotRef 2014950004204
Slight
Triumph Street Triple crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 July 2017
At the same spotRef 2017950001657
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 September 1987
At the same spotRef 198795987B006
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 January 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950109997
Serious
Car crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 May 1980
30 m awayRef 198095580B010
Slight
Van crash on the A903 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 April 1989
32 m awayRef 198995489B028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 41, 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 2014950002808 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.