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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH15 on 24 June 1985 at 14:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:15 on Monday 24 June 1985. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 10 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jun 1985
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94962, longitude -3.10936, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595685D022
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
10 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 198595685D022 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.