B900 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 December 1979 at 15:40 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:40 on Friday 28 December 1979. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 1979
- Friday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96237, longitude -3.19686, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 197995D79B048
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 900
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 901
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 1985.
Slight
Van crash on the B901 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 March 1985
At the same spotRef 198595385B034
Slight
Van crash on the B901 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 February 2016
At the same spotRef 2016950001139
Slight
Taxi crash on the B901 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 December 1983
At the same spotRef 198395D83B022
Slight
Car crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 May 1980
At the same spotRef 198095580B031
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the B900 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 June 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950703394
Slight
Car crash on the B901 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 August 1982
At the same spotRef 198295882B049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 17, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 197995D79B048 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.