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A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 6 December 1982 at 19:25 involving a car

Three cars and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:25 on Monday 6 December 1982. The 48-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 38-year-old male driver of the taxi and a 60-year-old female passenger in the taxi were 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
6 Dec 1982
Monday, 19:25
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94485, longitude -3.25124, in the EH12 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198295D82C026
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 30 March 2003.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198295D82C026 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.