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A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 16 July 2017 at 23:54 involving a Volkswagen Touran

A Volkswagen Touran and a Kia Sportage were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:54 on Sunday 16 July 2017. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Touran was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jul 2017
Sunday, 23:54
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Touran and Kia Sportage
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94878, longitude -3.09284, in the EH15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 2LL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017950001703
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights lit
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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Touran

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Sportage

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Touran)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017950001703 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 2017.