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Serious B907 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 February 1986 at 22:55 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B907 in the City of Edinburgh at 22:55 on Friday 28 February 1986. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Feb 1986
Friday, 22:55
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98893, longitude -3.39726, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198695286F040
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
907
Road type
Single 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198695286F040 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 1986.