A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 November 1982 at 19:40 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:40 on Thursday 25 November 1982. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 1982
- Thursday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95366, longitude -3.18747, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198295N82B030
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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 3 December 1998.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 December 1998
At the same spotRef 1998951214498
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 April 2025
5 m awayRef 2025991597465
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 October 2016
10 m awayRef 2016950004673
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 November 2000
14 m awayRef 2000950011035
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 March 1997
14 m awayRef 1997950312297
Slight
Leyland crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 April 1996
14 m awayRef 1996950420696
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (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 198295N82B030 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.