Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH3 on 9 February 1997 at 02:15 involving a Carbodies Taxi
A Carbodies Taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 02:15 on Sunday 9 February 1997. A 24-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 1997
- Sunday, 02:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Carbodies Taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94789, longitude -3.20779, in the EH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997950152697
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 1997950152697 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 1997.