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Serious C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH3 on 23 December 1988 at 18:20 involving a minibus

A minibus hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:20 on Friday 23 December 1988. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1988
Friday, 18:20
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94422, longitude -3.20639, in the EH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198895D88C041
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198895D88C041 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.