A901 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 May 1997 at 17:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio hit a pedestrian on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Tuesday 20 May 1997. A 95-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 1997
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98006, longitude -3.21648, in the EH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997950520497
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 901
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 April 1984
At the same spotRef 198495484B025
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 February 2023
4 m awayRef 2023991274494
Serious
Car crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 November 1980
10 m awayRef 198095N80B023
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 August 2014
20 m awayRef 2014950004604
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 October 1981
20 m awayRef 198195O81B025
Slight
Leyland crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 March 2001
22 m awayRef 2001950002203
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 95, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 1997950520497 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.