Serious A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 December 2014 at 17:20 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max hit a pedestrian on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:20 on Friday 12 December 2014. A 22-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Dec 2014
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford S-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96152, longitude -3.24267, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverleith, City of Edinburgh, EH4 2QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950006541
- 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
- 902
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 2000.
Serious
Car crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 September 2000
At the same spotRef 2000950008586
Slight
Car crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 June 1979
At the same spotRef 197995679B025
Slight
Car crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 1981
At the same spotRef 198195381B019
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 July 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950006586
Serious
Car crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 1986
At the same spotRef 198695D86B048
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 March 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950002333
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2014950006541 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.