Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 26 September 2023 at 15:00 involving an Audi A6
An Audi A6 and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:00 on Tuesday 26 September 2023. The 71-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2023
- Tuesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A6 and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93171, longitude -3.25068, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991356628
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 71
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
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 January 1997.
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 January 1997
3 m awayRef 1997950007497
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 January 2000
3 m awayRef 2000950000991
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 May 2003
3 m awayRef 2003950003728
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 November 1985
3 m awayRef 198595N85C060
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 June 1997
3 m awayRef 1997950574897
Slight
Volvo S90 crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 October 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991226975
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023991356628 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.