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A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 30 December 1988 at 23:30 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:30 on Friday 30 December 1988. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1988
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9626, longitude -3.27248, 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
198895D88C065
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 198895D88C065 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.