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A900 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 January 1979 at 23:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:15 on Friday 12 January 1979. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Jan 1979
Friday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97524, longitude -3.16681, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995179D017
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
900
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
199

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197995179D017 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 1979.