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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH5 on 19 November 2015 at 11:45 involving a Skoda Yeti

A Skoda Yeti hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Thursday 19 November 2015. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 2015
Thursday, 11:45
Vehicles
1
Skoda Yeti
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97499, longitude -3.23812, in the EH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Forth, City of Edinburgh, EH4 4GG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015950005338
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
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Yeti

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Yeti)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing

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 2015950005338 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.