A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 24 December 2023 at 11:20 involving a Toyota Auris taxi
A Toyota Auris taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:20 on Sunday 24 December 2023. The 41-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2023
- Sunday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Auris and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96835, longitude -3.2363, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverleith, City of Edinburgh, EH4 2QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991395670
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 902
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 902
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 26 October 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 October 2009
2 m awayRef 2009950008215
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 March 2009
2 m awayRef 2009950001699
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 August 2010
2 m awayRef 2010950006259
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 December 2023
7 m awayRef 2023991387916
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 November 2008
8 m awayRef 2008950010251
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 June 1989
8 m awayRef 198995689B024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 2023991395670 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.