A6106 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 24 May 1979 at 11:45 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Thursday 24 May 1979. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 1979
- Thursday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94622, longitude -3.11838, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197995579D022
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6106
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 November 2013
14 m awayRef 2013950006189
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 November 2011
20 m awayRef 2011950007492
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 January 2024
22 m awayRef 2024991399472
Slight
Car crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 March 1987
22 m awayRef 198795387D002
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 September 1986
22 m awayRef 198695986D007
Slight
Van crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 May 1980
41 m awayRef 198095580D016
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 197995579D022 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.