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Serious A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 December 1984 at 10:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 10:45 on Sunday 9 December 1984. A 54-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured and a 29-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 4-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Dec 1984
Sunday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93826, longitude -3.37991, in the EH28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495D84F015
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 198495D84F015 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.