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A900 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 November 2019 at 20:05 involving a Toyota Prius

A bicycle and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:05 on Tuesday 12 November 2019. The 22-year-old cyclist was 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
Slight
Date
12 Nov 2019
Tuesday, 20:05
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Toyota Prius
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95511, longitude -3.18681, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, EH7 5JR 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
2019950898057
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
900
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
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 October 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    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 age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Aged 22, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2019950898057 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.