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B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 November 1990 at 08:45 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 08:45 on Monday 12 November 1990. A 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Nov 1990
Monday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93324, longitude -3.28769, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951364990
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
701
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1990951364990 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.