A701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 April 2018 at 14:07 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van and a car were involved in a crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:07 on Tuesday 3 April 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2018
- Tuesday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Connect and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9039, longitude -3.16595, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH16 6HD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000456
- 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
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2001.
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 February 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950001982
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 March 2002
14 m awayRef 2002950002738
Serious
Taxi crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 March 1982
22 m awayRef 198295382A057
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 December 1996
22 m awayRef 1996951343796
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 September 1984
30 m awayRef 198495984A020
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 February 1993
40 m awayRef 1993950162993
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018950000456 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 2018.