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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 June 1986 at 00:15 involving a car

A car crashed on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 00:15 on Friday 27 June 1986. The 19-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1986
Friday, 00:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91332, longitude -3.28559, in the EH14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198695686C052
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
720
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198695686C052 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.