Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 24 October 2018 at 08:20 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle
A Piaggio Zip motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 08:20 on Wednesday 24 October 2018. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 2018
- Wednesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Piaggio Zip
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93709, longitude -3.22698, 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 2FD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001457
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2012.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 February 2012
At the same spotRef 2012950000707
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 September 1987
10 m awayRef 198795987C025
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 March 2007
10 m awayRef 2007950002438
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 13 February 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950001706
Slight
Car crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 February 1981
22 m awayRef 198195281C049
Slight
Taxi crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 December 1985
22 m awayRef 198595D85C025
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2018950001457 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.