Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 December 2018 at 12:00 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 12:00 on Saturday 29 December 2018. A 60-year-old female pedestrian and a 61-year-old male pedestrian were 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: 29 Dec 2018; Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles: 1; Car
Casualties: 2; 2 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2018950001759
Council area: City of Edinburgh
Police force: Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: Unclassified
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 20 mph

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: 45%
Estimated chance it was slight: 55%

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Leaving the carriageway
Straight ahead at junction
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
83 years
Driver home area deprivation
10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Slight
Female, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Home area deprivation
40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
Slight
Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge

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 2018950001759 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.