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A89 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 17 September 1997 at 12:35 involving a Leyland DAF Fad 85 lorry

A Leyland DAF Fad 85 lorry and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on the A89 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:35 on Wednesday 17 September 1997. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Leyland DAF Fad 85 lorry was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 1997
Wednesday, 12:35
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF Fad 85 and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93881, longitude -3.40282, in the EH28 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
1997950970197
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
8046

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 17 July 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF Fad 85

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF Fad 85)

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 1997950970197 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.