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A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 4 December 1997 at 12:20 involving an Iveco-Ford van

An Iveco-Ford van, a Mercedes C Class and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:20 on Thursday 4 December 1997. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 1997
Thursday, 12:20
Vehicles
3
Iveco-Ford and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94191, longitude -3.27453, in the EH12 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
1997951267997
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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 slight injury crash on 27 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle combination

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, motorcycle combination rider or passenger, on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)

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 1997951267997 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.