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A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 September 2014 at 15:30 involving a Honda Jazz

A Honda Jazz and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:30 on Friday 19 September 2014. A 38-year-old male passenger in the Honda Jazz was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Sep 2014
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Honda Jazz and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91206, longitude -3.11325, in the EH22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH16 4SP 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
2014950004910
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
7
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 37 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 May 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2014950004910 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.