C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 12 May 2015 at 09:15 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT and a bicycle were involved in a crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:15 on Tuesday 12 May 2015. The 29-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2015
- Tuesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi TT and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9418, longitude -3.21448, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH3 8BZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950002293
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 1981.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 August 1981
At the same spotRef 198195881C018
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950004455
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 May 1986
At the same spotRef 198695586C013
Slight
Leyland crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 17 July 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950731297
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 December 2011
14 m awayRef 2011950008176
Slight
Renault crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 September 1990
14 m awayRef 1990951158490
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015950002293 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.