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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 31 July 2021 at 13:20 involving a Kia Rio

A Kia Rio crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 13:20 on Saturday 31 July 2021. The 49-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jul 2021
Saturday, 13:20
Vehicles
1
Kia Rio
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94107, longitude -3.25652, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Corstorphine/Murrayfield, City of Edinburgh, EH12 5RQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991072186
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
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
Other
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, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Rio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2021991072186 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 2021.