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Serious B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 12 October 1998 at 19:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 19:10 on Monday 12 October 1998. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Oct 1998
Monday, 19:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92833, longitude -3.28448, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998951004298
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
701
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 February 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 1998951004298 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.