A901 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 18 July 1980 at 11:45 involving a car
A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Friday 18 July 1980. A 69-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 4-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 1980
- Friday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98061, longitude -3.19711, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198095780D014
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 901
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2007.
Slight
Dennis crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 March 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950002396
Slight
Bus crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 September 1983
At the same spotRef 198395983D009
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 July 1997
At the same spotRef 1997950694397
Slight
Dennis crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 May 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950004730
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 December 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991321308
Serious
Volvo crash on the A901 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 February 2019
10 m awayRef 2019950000141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 198095780D014 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 1980.