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A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 15 July 2014 at 18:25 involving a Citroen Dispatch van

A car and a Citroen Dispatch van were involved in a crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:25 on Tuesday 15 July 2014. The 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen Dispatch van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jul 2014
Tuesday, 18:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen Dispatch
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98378, longitude -3.40399, in the EH30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9LZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950003920
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
904

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Dispatch

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Dispatch)

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 2014950003920 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.