A904 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 31 December 1999 at 16:30 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A904 in the City of Edinburgh at 16:30 on Friday 31 December 1999. A 57-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 1999
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1999950012653
- 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
- 904
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 904
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 57, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 1999950012653 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.