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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 30 January 2025 at 20:05 involving a Honda CBF 125 motorcycle

A Honda CBF 125 motorcycle crashed on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:05 on Thursday 30 January 2025. The 24-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 2025
Thursday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Honda CBF 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89983, longitude -3.23174, in the EH10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Colinton/Fairmilehead, City of Edinburgh, EH13 9NY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991561872
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
720
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CBF 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBF 125)

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 2025991561872 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 2025.