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A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 9 May 1997 at 20:30 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 20:30 on Friday 9 May 1997. The 21-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 1997
Friday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93395, longitude -3.24465, in the EH11 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
1997950502797
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, on vehicle 1 (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 1997950502797 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.