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Serious B6415 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 June 1990 at 23:07 involving a Peugeot 205 van

A Peugeot 205 van, a Ford Granada and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B6415 in the City of Edinburgh at 23:07 on Sunday 3 June 1990. The 26-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 van and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 205 van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jun 1990
Sunday, 23:07
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 205 and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94862, longitude -3.09123, in the EH15 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950667790
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6415
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 1986.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 1990950667790 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.