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A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 April 1997 at 12:05 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Renault Safrane and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:05 on Friday 18 April 1997. The 46-year-old male driver of the Renault Safrane was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Apr 1997
Friday, 12:05
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92013, longitude -3.30437, in the EH11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950402997
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
720
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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 4 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Safrane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    2,165 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Safrane)

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 1997950402997 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.