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Fatal A8000 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 4 May 1991 at 10:00 involving a Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle

A Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the A8000 in the City of Edinburgh at 10:00 on Saturday 4 May 1991. The 28-year-old female rider of the Kawasaki Z550 motorcycle was killed and the 41-year-old male driver of the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 May 1991
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki Z550 and Volvo 340
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96487, longitude -3.4028, in the EH29 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991950503391
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8000
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
9

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 17 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki Z550

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    553 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Female, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki Z550)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

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 1991950503391 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 1991.