B9085 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 December 2015 at 17:10 involving a Volvo V40
A Volvo V40 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B9085 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:10 on Friday 18 December 2015. The 38-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2015
- Friday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V40 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96331, longitude -3.27347, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH4 5EB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950005856
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9085
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1996.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 December 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951376096
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B9085 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 September 2003
10 m awayRef 2003950007206
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B9084 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 October 1997
10 m awayRef 1997951064597
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the B9085 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 August 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950006857
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B9085 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 February 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950001815
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B9085 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 March 2002
20 m awayRef 2002950002227
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2015950005856 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.