A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 6 September 2017 at 09:00 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 09:00 on Wednesday 6 September 2017. The 52-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2017
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95366, longitude -3.18715, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, EH7 5JR 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
- 2017950002027
- 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
- 1
- 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
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1990.
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 June 1990
10 m awayRef 1990950721890
Serious
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 June 1995
10 m awayRef 1995950594395
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 April 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950380099
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 February 2019
14 m awayRef 2019950000218
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 February 1997
14 m awayRef 1997950156697
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 April 2025
15 m awayRef 2025991597465
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2017950002027 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.