Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 22 February 1998 at 14:00 involving a Land Rover Discovery
A Land Rover Discovery and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:00 on Sunday 22 February 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 1998
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Discovery and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93457, longitude -3.30678, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950196098
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2014.
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 24 March 2014
10 m awayRef 2014950001641
Slight
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Slight
Lotus Elise crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 August 2002
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Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 July 2011
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Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 27 December 1989
30 m awayRef 198995D89C077
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 October 2013
50 m awayRef 2013950005445
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
- 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 1998950196098 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 1998.