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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 16 July 1985 at 14:00 involving a minibus

A minibus and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:00 on Tuesday 16 July 1985. The 45-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jul 1985
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Minibus and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94194, longitude -3.30671, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595785C024
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198595785C024 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.