Serious A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 17 December 1986 at 12:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:35 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Dec 1986
- Wednesday, 12:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96026, longitude -3.12568, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198695D86D015
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 199
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 February 2020.
Slight
Mercedes AMG Class crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 February 2020
2 m awayRef 2020990935228
Slight
Car crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 December 1981
10 m awayRef 198195D81D020
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 April 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950404897
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 October 1996
14 m awayRef 1996951004696
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 October 1998
14 m awayRef 1998951065098
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 April 1993
22 m awayRef 1993950428993
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198695D86D015 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.