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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH4 on 27 July 1991 at 04:25 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 04:25 on Saturday 27 July 1991. An 18-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 18-year-old female driver and a 20-year-old male passenger were 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
Serious
Date
27 Jul 1991
Saturday, 04:25
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97132, longitude -3.30674, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991950831591
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1991950831591 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.