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C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 26 November 2016 at 13:30 involving an Audi A4

An Audi A4 hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 13:30 on Saturday 26 November 2016. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Nov 2016
Saturday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93764, longitude -3.24288, in the EH11 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
2016950005773
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    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 2016950005773 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.