A720 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 December 1999 at 17:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:50 on Wednesday 29 December 1999. A 22-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1999; Wednesday, 17:50
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1999950012591
Council area: City of Edinburgh
Police force: Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 720
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 70 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Motorway
Second road number: 8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Fine with high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
55 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
44 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 1999950012591 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 1999.