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Serious A6095 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 September 1982 at 21:15 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A6095 in the City of Edinburgh at 21:15 on Saturday 25 September 1982. A 16-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 1982
Saturday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93377, longitude -3.12331, in the EH16 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
198295982A030
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 20 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198295982A030 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.