A700 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 October 2014 at 21:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh at 21:45 on Thursday 2 October 2014. An 18-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2014
- Thursday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94051, longitude -3.19556, in the EH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH9 1UE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950005030
- 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
- 700
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1996.
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 December 1996
At the same spotRef 1996951294296
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950006816
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 October 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950008811
Slight
Car crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 31 October 1980
10 m awayRef 198095O80A069
Serious
Car crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 May 1983
10 m awayRef 198395583A039
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 April 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950420697
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014950005030 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.