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Fatal C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH16 on 14 November 1990 at 22:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 22:50 on Wednesday 14 November 1990. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was killed and the 25-year-old male rider 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Nov 1990
Wednesday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9069, longitude -3.15324, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951378290
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1990951378290 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.