A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 16 June 1987 at 17:25 involving a car
A car, a van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:25 on Tuesday 16 June 1987. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 1987
- Tuesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94068, longitude -3.31467, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198795687C048
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 8
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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 21 December 1994.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 December 1994
At the same spotRef 1994951402594
Slight
Mercedes SLK Class crash on the A902 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025991689243
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 July 1982
10 m awayRef 198295782C005
Slight
Car crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 September 1985
10 m awayRef 198595985C055
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 August 1979
10 m awayRef 197995879C068
Slight
Car crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 August 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950841893
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 25, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
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 198795687C048 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.