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B9080 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 10 September 1998 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda VFR750F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B9080 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:30 on Thursday 10 September 1998. The 61-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR750F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1998
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Honda VFR750F
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95683, longitude -3.41437, in the EH29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkliston.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950890998
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9080
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VFR750F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    748 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda VFR750F)

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 1998950890998 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.