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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 July 2017 at 16:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:15 on Thursday 20 July 2017. A 26-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 2017
Thursday, 16:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92464, longitude -3.31077, in the EH11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pentland Hills, City of Edinburgh, EH14 4AJ 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
2017950001764
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
720
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
71

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2017950001764 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.