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Serious A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 July 1993 at 14:30 involving a Volkswagen Santana

A Volkswagen Santana and a Seat Marbella were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:30 on Friday 9 July 1993. The 28-year-old male driver of the Seat Marbella was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jul 1993
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Santana and Seat Marbella
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95026, longitude -3.11802, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993950732693
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
199
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Santana

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Marbella

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Marbella)

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 1993950732693 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 1993.