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A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 August 1996 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:30 on Tuesday 27 August 1996. The 56-year-old female 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
27 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Calibra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95404, longitude -3.1854, in the EH1 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
1996950869296
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (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 1996950869296 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.