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Serious A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 13 December 1997 at 01:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 01:20 on Saturday 13 December 1997. There were six casualties: five people were seriously injured and one 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
Serious
Date
13 Dec 1997
Saturday, 01:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Peugeot 405
Casualties
6
5 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92805, longitude -3.15867, in the EH16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997951306997
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
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
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 12 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1997951306997 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.