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Serious A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 October 2019 at 17:35 involving a Toyota Prius

A Toyota Prius and a Hyundai i40 were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:35 on Saturday 19 October 2019. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Prius was seriously injured and the 53-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i40 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Oct 2019
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Toyota Prius and Hyundai i40
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92666, longitude -3.20921, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 5QL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019950891463
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
702
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,685 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Prius)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i40)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019950891463 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.