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A6106 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 December 1991 at 07:15 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6106 in the City of Edinburgh at 07:15 on Friday 27 December 1991. The 29-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle and a 30-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR600F motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1991
Friday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Renault 21 and Honda CBR600F
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93861, longitude -3.11496, in the EH15 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
1991951528591
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6106
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)

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 1991951528591 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.