A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 4 May 2016 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:15 on Wednesday 4 May 2016. The 38-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 2016
- Wednesday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90945, longitude -3.21029, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colinton/Fairmilehead, City of Edinburgh, EH10 6QP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950002219
- 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
- 702
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 August 2023.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 11 August 2023
7 m awayRef 2023991343181
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198795587C015
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 June 2011
10 m awayRef 2011950004075
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 November 1995
10 m awayRef 1995951253795
Slight
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 November 1987
14 m awayRef 198795N87C006
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 October 2008
32 m awayRef 2008950009461
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 38, 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 2016950002219 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.