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A902 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 November 1985 at 16:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:50 on Friday 29 November 1985. An 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96066, longitude -3.25111, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595N85B045
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
902
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, 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 198595N85B045 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.