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Fatal A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 January 1984 at 18:10 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:10 on Monday 9 January 1984. A 25-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was killed and the 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jan 1984
Monday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90687, longitude -3.37447, in the EH27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495184F009
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198495184F009 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 1984.