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A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 October 2016 at 04:45 involving a Ford Fusion

A Ford Fusion crashed on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 04:45 on Sunday 9 October 2016. The 19-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 2016
Sunday, 04:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Fusion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94659, longitude -3.08014, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 2LL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016950004766
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
199
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
26%
Estimated chance it was slight
74%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fusion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fusion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2016950004766 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.