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A904 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 February 1997 at 11:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:10 on Thursday 20 February 1997. The 34-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Feb 1997
Thursday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98538, longitude -3.41653, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950201397
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
904
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

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 1997950201397 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.