A900 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 March 2000 at 11:45 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach crashed on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh at 11:45 on Saturday 25 March 2000. A 65-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Mar 2000
- Saturday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97321, longitude -3.16821, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950002824
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 900
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 2025.
Serious
Tram crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 7 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991665026
Serious
Van crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198995889D020
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 October 1991
10 m awayRef 1991951180391
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 February 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950163791
Slight
Volvo crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 April 2010
28 m awayRef 2010950002947
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A900 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 January 2007
32 m awayRef 2007950000443
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- 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 2000950002824 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 2000.