C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 5 August 2017 at 18:55 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:55 on Saturday 5 August 2017. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2017
- Saturday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93185, longitude -3.27403, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sighthill/Gorgie, City of Edinburgh, EH11 3RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950001805
- 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
- 30 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 phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 2018.
Slight
Taxi crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018950000037
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 March 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991150507
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 4 February 1999
10 m awayRef 1999950145199
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 March 1982
10 m awayRef 198295382C035
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 26 March 1987
10 m awayRef 198795387C045
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 August 1988
10 m awayRef 198895888C040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017950001805 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.