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A702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 7 October 1980 at 11:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:50 on Tuesday 7 October 1980. A 35-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was 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
7 Oct 1980
Tuesday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94011, longitude -3.20418, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198095O80C032
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 25 November 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198095O80C032 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.