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A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 14 March 1981 at 20:40 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:40 on Saturday 14 March 1981. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1981
Saturday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90155, longitude -3.20459, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198195381C032
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
720

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198195381C032 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 1981.