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Serious A700 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 January 2016 at 14:30 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:30 on Tuesday 12 January 2016. A 43-year-old male passenger on the bicycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Jan 2016
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Citroen C4 and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94042, longitude -3.19524, in the EH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH9 1UE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016950000176
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
700
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, cyclist, 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 2016950000176 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 2016.