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B924 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 3 November 1985 at 08:40 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the B924 in the City of Edinburgh at 08:40 on Sunday 3 November 1985. A 47-year-old female passenger 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
3 Nov 1985
Sunday, 08:40
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99001, longitude -3.40516, in the EH30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Queensferry.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198595N85F007
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
924
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 June 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, 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 198595N85F007 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 1985.