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A90 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 14 December 1994 at 22:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A90 in the City of Edinburgh at 22:20 on Wednesday 14 December 1994. The 31-year-old male driver of the Renault 21 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 22:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 21
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96033, longitude -3.30092, in the EH4 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
1994951365794
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

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 1994951365794 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.