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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 8 October 2016 at 09:45 involving a Mercedes Vito taxi

A Mercedes Vito taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:45 on Saturday 8 October 2016. An 82-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Oct 2016
Saturday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Vito
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93941, longitude -3.2514, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corstorphine/Murrayfield, City of Edinburgh, EH12 5RQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016950004747
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
25%
Estimated chance it was slight
75%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 18 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 82, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2016950004747 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.