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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH1 on 16 April 1992 at 14:25 involving a Leyland Roadrunner lorry

A Leyland Roadrunner lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:25 on Thursday 16 April 1992. A 51-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Apr 1992
Thursday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Leyland Roadrunner
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94826, longitude -3.18794, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992950439692
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
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
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Roadrunner

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland Roadrunner)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 1992950439692 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 1992.