Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH29 on 4 May 1996 at 14:40 involving a Rover Montego
A bicycle and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:40 on Saturday 4 May 1996. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 May 1996
- Saturday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Rover Montego
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95247, longitude -3.41052, in the EH29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkliston.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996950468196
- 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
- Rural
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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Montego
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 13, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 1996950468196 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 1996.