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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH4 on 30 July 1996 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Astravan

A Vauxhall Astravan hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:15 on Tuesday 30 July 1996. A 6-year-old male pedestrian 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
30 Jul 1996
Tuesday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astravan
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97191, longitude -3.24058, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950753196
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 1996950753196 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.