Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH7 on 10 September 1998 at 16:55 involving a BMW 3 Series
Seven vehicles, including a BMW 3 Series and two Ford Sierras, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:55 on Thursday 10 September 1998. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 1998
- Thursday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 7
- BMW 3 Series and 6 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96014, longitude -3.13833, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950891198
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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 8 November 2001.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 8 November 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950009894
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Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 4 February 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950001187
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 November 1985
10 m awayRef 198595N85D025
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 10 December 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950011332
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 5 December 1995
20 m awayRef 1995951282095
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 March 1990
20 m awayRef 1990950332890
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,766 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 5: Nissan Bluebird
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 6: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,342 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 7: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Nissan Bluebird)
- 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 1998950891198 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.