Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 6 April 2016 at 09:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:50 on Wednesday 6 April 2016. A 37-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2016
- Wednesday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95118, longitude -3.29551, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drum Brae/Gyle, City of Edinburgh, EH12 8XU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950001828
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021991078386
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 May 1999
10 m awayRef 1999950004745
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 March 1988
20 m awayRef 198895388C034
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 January 2024
35 m awayRef 2024991404103
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 March 1998
41 m awayRef 1998950316498
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 September 1981
41 m awayRef 198195981C041
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016950001828 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.