Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH3 on 5 June 1998 at 11:18 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 11:18 on Friday 5 June 1998. A 47-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jun 1998
- Friday, 11:18
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94584, longitude -3.2058, in the EH3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950543098
- 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
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 702
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 47, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)
- 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 1998950543098 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 1998.