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Serious A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 February 2022 at 13:05 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:05 on Friday 25 February 2022. The 34-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 2022
Friday, 13:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97518, longitude -3.18019, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022991147676
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
902
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2022991147676 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 2022.