Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH17 on 25 December 2019 at 14:20 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Renault Modus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:20 on Wednesday 25 December 2019. The 32-year-old female driver of the Renault Modus was 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
- 25 Dec 2019
- Wednesday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Renault Modus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90489, longitude -3.14597, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH17 8NR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950913834
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 June 1993
1 m awayRef 1993950687193
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 January 2015
22 m awayRef 2015950000242
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 February 2013
49 m awayRef 2013950000772
Serious
Car crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 January 1992
49 m awayRef 1992950031592
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 December 1994
50 m awayRef 1994951336594
Slight
Van crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 November 1989
50 m awayRef 198995N89B014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Modus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Modus)
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 2019950913834 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.