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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH30 on 27 December 1997 at 07:30 involving a Vespa (Douglas) P200E motor scooter

A Vespa (Douglas) P200E motor scooter crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 07:30 on Saturday 27 December 1997. The 38-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1997
Saturday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Vespa (Douglas) P200E
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96828, longitude -3.34733, in the EH30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997951364597
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 104 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas) P200E

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas) P200E)

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 1997951364597 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.