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A199 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 23 October 1997 at 07:10 involving a Mercedes

A Mercedes and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A199 in the City of Edinburgh at 07:10 on Thursday 23 October 1997. The 32-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Oct 1997
Thursday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95732, longitude -3.12223, in the EH15 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
1997951096997
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
199
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6415

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Other vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, on vehicle 2 (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 1997951096997 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.