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Fatal A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 December 1986 at 07:15 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 07:15 on Thursday 18 December 1986. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Dec 1986
Thursday, 07:15
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96034, longitude -3.30012, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198695D86C040
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Single 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198695D86C040 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.