Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH13 on 6 December 1998 at 12:00 involving a Renault 19

A car and a Renault 19 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 12:00 on Sunday 6 December 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1998
Sunday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault 19
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9037, longitude -3.23296, in the EH13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998951237998
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
B
Second road number
701

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 19

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 19)

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 1998951237998 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.