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A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 November 2015 at 11:25 involving a Seat Ibiza

A Seat Ibiza, a Suzuki Swift and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:25 on Sunday 29 November 2015. A 64-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ibiza, a 24-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Swift and the 24-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 2015
Sunday, 11:25
Vehicles
3
Seat Ibiza and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91914, longitude -3.13671, 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, EH17 7RZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015950000232
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
7
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with 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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2019.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

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 2015950000232 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 2015.