Serious A6095 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 July 1982 at 18:55 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:55 on Friday 2 July 1982. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jul 1982
- Friday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93377, longitude -3.12347, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198295782A004
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6095
- 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
- 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 8 June 1980.
Slight
Van crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 June 1980
At the same spotRef 198095680A036
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 January 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950063493
Serious
Car crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 September 1982
10 m awayRef 198295982A030
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 July 2005
10 m awayRef 2005950005884
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 September 2006
10 m awayRef 2006950008300
Serious
Car crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 September 1982
10 m awayRef 198295982A047
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198295782A004 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 1982.