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Serious B924 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 19 June 1980 at 10:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh at 10:45 on Thursday 19 June 1980. The 23-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jun 1980
Thursday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99087, longitude -3.3999, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198095680F023
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
924
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, on vehicle 1 (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 198095680F023 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 1980.