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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH16 on 22 November 1997 at 17:00 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:00 on Saturday 22 November 1997. The 80-year-old male driver and a 71-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 1997
Saturday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91855, longitude -3.16543, 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
1997951216097
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    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 1997951216097 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.