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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 5 April 1993 at 11:15 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 11:15 on Monday 5 April 1993. All five casualties were slightly injured. One of them was a pedestrian.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Apr 1993
Monday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Leyland
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91619, longitude -3.2852, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993950370593
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, hit by vehicle 2 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    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 1993950370593 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 1993.