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Serious A70 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 21 December 1979 at 17:00 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A70 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Friday 21 December 1979. The 49-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured and the 43-year-old female driver of the car and a 22-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1979
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8986, longitude -3.30061, in the EH14 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995D79F041
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
70
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 197995D79F041 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.