Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 8 August 2014 at 15:08 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:08 on Friday 8 August 2014. An 83-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2014
- Friday, 15:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90373, longitude -3.28439, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 5BQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004366
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 July 1981
17 m awayRef 198195781C013
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 April 1995
17 m awayRef 1995950439195
Serious
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 May 1984
17 m awayRef 198495584C021
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 November 1993
17 m awayRef 1993951206693
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 January 1983
19 m awayRef 198395183C053
Slight
Leyland crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 September 1996
19 m awayRef 1996950975396
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
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 2014950004366 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.