A899 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 30 December 1999 at 13:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A899 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:30 on Thursday 30 December 1999. The 65-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1999; Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1999950012613
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: 899
Road type: Dual carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
28 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
65 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1999950012613 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.