B800 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 June 2025 at 00:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh at 00:20 on Thursday 12 June 2025. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Thursday, 00:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9733, longitude -3.39937, in the EH30 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH30 9BZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991601702
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 800
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 February 1996
5 m awayRef 1996950117596
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 April 1996
5 m awayRef 1996950342996
Serious
Volvo crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 February 1996
5 m awayRef 1996950180996
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 November 2009
5 m awayRef 2009950009237
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 April 2005
5 m awayRef 2005950002955
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 October 1998
5 m awayRef 1998951045798
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2025991601702 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.