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C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH29 on 31 December 1990 at 09:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 09:30 on Monday 31 December 1990. The 48-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1990
Monday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96606, longitude -3.36087, in the EH29 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951619090
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 1990951619090 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.