A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 April 1985 at 11:00 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:00 on Wednesday 3 April 1985. The 27-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 1985
- Wednesday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94451, longitude -3.20448, in the EH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198595485C007
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 702
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 2015.
Serious
Alexander Dennis crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 2015
At the same spotRef 2015950001012
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 March 1983
At the same spotRef 198395383C049
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 September 2013
At the same spotRef 2013950005125
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950009847
Slight
Jaguar I-Pace crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 December 2025
2 m awayRef 2025991679012
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A700 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 November 2024
4 m awayRef 2024991533897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 27, motorcyclist, 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 198595485C007 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 1985.