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Serious A1140 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 10 May 1994 at 22:20 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A1140 in the City of Edinburgh at 22:20 on Tuesday 10 May 1994. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle and an 18-year-old male passenger on the Yamaha motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 May 1994
Tuesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Metrocab Metrocab and Yamaha
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95511, longitude -3.14779, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994950520194
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1140
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
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)

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 1994950520194 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.