Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH10 on 27 December 1990 at 18:10 involving a Renault bus

Two Renault buses and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:10 on Thursday 27 December 1990. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1990
Thursday, 18:10
Vehicles
3
Renault and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91265, longitude -3.21837, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951601590
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    3,860 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Renault

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    3,860 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault)

    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 1990951601590 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 1990.