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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 31 March 1994 at 16:00 involving a Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki Swift and a Volvo 850 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:00 on Thursday 31 March 1994. The 22-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 1994
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Swift and Volvo 850
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93967, longitude -3.22082, in the EH11 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
1994950370294
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
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)

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 1994950370294 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.