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C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH2 on 28 December 1992 at 12:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A taxi, a Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 12:10 on Monday 28 December 1992. A 10-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra and a 21-year-old male passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1992
Monday, 12:10
Vehicles
3
Ford Sierra and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95317, longitude -3.19145, in the EH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992951549392
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 28 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    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 1992951549392 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.