A701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 November 2018 at 07:45 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh at 07:45 on Wednesday 28 November 2018. The 47-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2018
- Wednesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92083, longitude -3.1671, 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 5QU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001745
- 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
- 701
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 2007.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007950006877
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 June 1985
20 m awayRef 198595685A019
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 March 1998
20 m awayRef 1998950252098
Serious
Lorry crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 November 1985
20 m awayRef 198595N85A017
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 June 1982
20 m awayRef 198295682A026
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 May 1988
21 m awayRef 198895588A013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 47, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018950001745 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.