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Serious A8 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 7 October 1998 at 09:00 involving a Volkswagen Passat

A Volkswagen Passat, a Rover Metro and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A8 in the City of Edinburgh at 09:00 on Wednesday 7 October 1998. The 50-year-old female driver of the Rover Metro was seriously injured and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Rover Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Passat and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94549, longitude -3.23205, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950981898
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
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 5 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Metro)

    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 1998950981898 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.