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Fatal C road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 29 December 1983 at 18:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on a C road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:40 on Thursday 29 December 1983. A 6-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 37-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
29 Dec 1983
Thursday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9375, longitude -3.24076, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198395D83C056
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 7 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 198395D83C056 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.