A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 June 1998 at 15:45 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:45 on Saturday 20 June 1998. The 21-year-old male cyclist was 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
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 1998
- Saturday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Leyland and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94381, longitude -3.18364, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950599698
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 7
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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 11 November 2006.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 November 2006
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Serious
Mercedes 300 crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 February 1998
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Slight
Van crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 April 2000
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Toyota Carina crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 December 2005
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 14 February 1983
At the same spotRef 198395283A030
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 1998950599698 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.