A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 31 March 1984 at 17:10 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach crashed on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 17:10 on Saturday 31 March 1984. A 29-year-old male passenger 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
- 31 Mar 1984
- Saturday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94453, longitude -3.18366, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198495384A044
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 January 2023.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 January 2023
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Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 November 2001
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Slight
Van crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 January 1979
14 m awayRef 197995179A030
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Dennis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 November 2006
14 m awayRef 2006950010511
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Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 April 2016
14 m awayRef 2016950001753
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Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 September 1985
20 m awayRef 198595985A038
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 198495384A044 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 1984.