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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 10 November 2019 at 13:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat, a Honda CRV and an Audi A6 were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:45 on Sunday 10 November 2019. A 54-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Nov 2019
Sunday, 13:45
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Passat and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93164, longitude -3.25087, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019950897141
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
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 June 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    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
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CRV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 3: Audi A6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2019950897141 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.