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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH16 on 11 July 1993 at 12:30 involving a Bedford minibus

A Bedford minibus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 12:30 on Sunday 11 July 1993. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were 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
Serious
Date
11 Jul 1993
Sunday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
7
1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92043, longitude -3.14709, in the EH16 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993950741393
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,279 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bedford)

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 1993950741393 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.