A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 May 1989 at 23:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:50 on Sunday 28 May 1989. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 1989
- Sunday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9334, longitude -3.24559, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198995589C052
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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 25 August 2006.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 August 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950007448
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 October 1992
At the same spotRef 1992951180392
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 September 1984
At the same spotRef 198495984C062
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 January 1979
At the same spotRef 197995179C052
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 September 2015
10 m awayRef 2015950004224
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 November 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950010501
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- 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 198995589C052 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 1989.