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Fatal B6415 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 August 1998 at 15:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the B6415 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:00 on Thursday 20 August 1998. An 84-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Aug 1998
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94878, longitude -3.09284, in the EH15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950810998
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6415
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 84, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1998950810998 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.