Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH11 on 24 January 1989 at 15:45 involving a minibus
A minibus and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:45 on Tuesday 24 January 1989. A 60-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jan 1989
- Tuesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92067, longitude -3.29575, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198995189C050
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,860 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198995189C050 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 1989.