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C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH4 on 26 December 1988 at 20:45 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 20:45 on Monday 26 December 1988. The 32-year-old male driver of the car and a 62-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Dec 1988
Monday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9734, longitude -3.25329, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198895D88B049
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198895D88B049 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 1988.