Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH9 on 28 July 2023 at 16:49 involving an Audi A1
A bicycle and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:49 on Friday 28 July 2023. The 41-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2023
- Friday, 16:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93318, longitude -3.17775, in the EH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH16 5PG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991334495
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2014.
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 November 2014
2 m awayRef 2014950005936
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 September 2014
2 m awayRef 2014950004987
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 December 1986
2 m awayRef 198695D86A016
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 1 May 2002
2 m awayRef 2002950003909
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 13 April 2017
2 m awayRef 2017950001181
Fatal
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 June 1985
2 m awayRef 198595685A040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 41, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2023991334495 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 2023.