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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH16 on 3 June 2019 at 17:25 involving a Mercedes Cla Class

A motorcycle and a Mercedes Cla Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:25 on Monday 3 June 2019. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Cla Class was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 2019
Monday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Mercedes Cla Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92428, longitude -3.1182, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH16 4ZJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019950000676
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
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
10%
Estimated chance it was slight
90%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 278 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Cla Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Cla Class)

    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019950000676 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 2019.