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A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 January 1994 at 11:25 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:25 on Tuesday 25 January 1994. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1994
Tuesday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94607, longitude -3.23687, in the EH12 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994950087894
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Snowing, 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 29 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1994950087894 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 1994.