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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH16 on 12 October 2014 at 21:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 21:00 on Sunday 12 October 2014. A 56-year-old male 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
12 Oct 2014
Sunday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91255, longitude -3.15903, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH16 6JA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014950005208
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2014950005208 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.