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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 October 2015 at 09:40 involving a Ford Fusion

A Ford Fusion and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 09:40 on Monday 12 October 2015. The 40-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 2015
Monday, 09:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Fusion and Honda CBR125R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93331, longitude -3.24591, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015950004457
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
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)

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 2015950004457 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.