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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 5 June 1995 at 17:25 involving a Leyland DAF Fat 75 lorry

A Leyland DAF Fat 75 lorry and a Toyota Starlet were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:25 on Monday 5 June 1995. The 75-year-old male driver of the Toyota Starlet and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Starlet were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jun 1995
Monday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF Fat 75 and Toyota Starlet
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93748, longitude -3.23388, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950573195
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 5 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF Fat 75

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Starlet

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Starlet)

    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 1995950573195 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 1995.