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A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 1 January 1990 at 16:00 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:00 on Monday 1 January 1990. The 54-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 1990
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94655, longitude -3.08077, in the EH15 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
1990950001690
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
199
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

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 1990950001690 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 1990.