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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH6 on 2 November 2023 at 22:30 involving a Ford Puma

A Ford Puma hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 22:30 on Thursday 2 November 2023. A 19-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Nov 2023
Thursday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Puma
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96894, longitude -3.16698, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023991370653
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 6 July 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2023991370653 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.