A701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 October 1997 at 12:50 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:50 on Saturday 11 October 1997. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 1997
- Saturday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90123, longitude -3.16411, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997951057797
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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 fatal crash on 10 June 2003.
Fatal
Dennis crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 June 2003
At the same spotRef 2003950004768
Serious
Leyland crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 August 1995
At the same spotRef 1995950844695
Slight
Bus crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 October 1980
At the same spotRef 198095O80A056
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198495184A013
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 September 2000
10 m awayRef 2000950008446
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 20 January 1988
10 m awayRef 198895188A022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1997951057797 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.