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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH7 on 2 August 1994 at 15:00 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:00 on Tuesday 2 August 1994. A 78-year-old male passenger was seriously 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
2 Aug 1994
Tuesday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Leyland National
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96264, longitude -3.17861, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994950818694
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
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
900

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 30 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 1994950818694 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 1994.