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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH15 on 29 August 2020 at 13:35 involving a Volkswagen UP

A Volkswagen UP hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 13:35 on Saturday 29 August 2020. An 86-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Aug 2020
Saturday, 13:35
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen UP
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94829, longitude -3.09353, in the EH15 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, EH15 2LL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990976677
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen UP

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen UP)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 2020990976677 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 2020.