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A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 September 1997 at 12:00 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:00 on Friday 12 September 1997. The 40-year-old female driver of the car 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
12 Sep 1997
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93008, longitude -3.20963, in the EH10 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
1997950949797
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
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 slight injury crash on 21 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997950949797 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.