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B800 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 August 1996 at 14:50 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny, two cars and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B800 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:50 on Tuesday 27 August 1996. A 61-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny and a 3-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 14:50
Vehicles
4
Nissan Sunny and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95706, longitude -3.40252, in the EH29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkliston.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950860396
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
800
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1996950860396 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.