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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH17 on 1 December 1992 at 11:40 involving a Citroen Visa

A Citroen Visa hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 11:40 on Tuesday 1 December 1992. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1992
Tuesday, 11:40
Vehicles
1
Citroen Visa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89877, longitude -3.15796, in the EH17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992951419992
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 5 March 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1992951419992 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.