M9 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 26 December 2016 at 08:00 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia crashed on the M9 in the City of Edinburgh at 08:00 on Monday 26 December 2016. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2016
- Monday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Octavia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96353, longitude -3.44491, in the EH52 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950006008
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 4 April 2012
41 m awayRef 2012950001925
Serious
Car crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 16 June 1980
50 m awayRef 198095680F004
Slight
Car crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 16 March 2019
97 m awayRef 2019950000318
Slight
DAF Trucks FTG 85CF crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 28 January 2002
103 m awayRef 2002950000904
Slight
Fiat Idea crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 13 May 2008
120 m awayRef 2008950004078
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 29 September 2016
123 m awayRef 2016950004587
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016950006008 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.