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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 21 August 1996 at 16:35 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:35 on Wednesday 21 August 1996. A 54-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1996
Wednesday, 16:35
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.937, longitude -3.2369, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950837296
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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 10 November 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    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 1996950837296 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.