A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 May 1989 at 13:40 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:40 on Sunday 28 May 1989. A 70-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 1989
- Sunday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bus or coach and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92438, longitude -3.16689, in the EH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198995589A030
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 701
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 February 1980
At the same spotRef 198095280A013
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 February 1983
At the same spotRef 198395283A009
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 October 2016
At the same spotRef 2016950004763
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A701 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 June 1997
At the same spotRef 1997950665097
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 February 1981
At the same spotRef 198195281A026
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 October 1980
At the same spotRef 198095O80A048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 198995589A030 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.