A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 2 August 1983 at 11:45 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a van were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Tuesday 2 August 1983. A 56-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 1983
- Tuesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9374, longitude -3.17784, in the EH9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198395883A002
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 7
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 15 March 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 March 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950289393
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 December 1980
At the same spotRef 198095D80A034
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 August 1989
At the same spotRef 198995889A047
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45 crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 September 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950008424
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 30 December 1983
At the same spotRef 198395D83A060
Slight
Taxi crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 19 August 1992
At the same spotRef 1992950947992
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 198395883A002 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 1983.