Serious A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 March 1987 at 12:32 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:32 on Tuesday 3 March 1987. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Mar 1987
- Tuesday, 12:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93675, longitude -3.20776, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198795387C004
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 702
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1998.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 November 1998
At the same spotRef 1998951089998
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 1996
At the same spotRef 1996951400096
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 June 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950005546
Slight
Van crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 November 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950010210
Slight
Leyland crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 August 1990
At the same spotRef 1990950921690
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 July 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950006106
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198795387C004 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 1987.