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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH10 on 1 December 1979 at 21:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 21:40 on Saturday 1 December 1979. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 53-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 52-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were 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
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1979
Saturday, 21:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91192, longitude -3.21003, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995D79A016
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, 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 197995D79A016 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.