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Serious A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 10 April 1984 at 13:30 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:30 on Tuesday 10 April 1984. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Apr 1984
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95319, longitude -3.18905, in the EH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495484B005
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
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198495484B005 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.