A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 5 November 1997 at 19:10 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio hit a pedestrian on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:10 on Wednesday 5 November 1997. A 25-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 1997
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93671, longitude -3.2385, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997951147597
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 28 November 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 November 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950010467
Slight
Van crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 July 1986
At the same spotRef 198695786C018
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 November 1984
At the same spotRef 198495N84C064
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 September 1980
At the same spotRef 198095980C015
Slight
Bus crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 January 1992
10 m awayRef 1992950033992
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 July 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950006178
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
- 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 1997951147597 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.