B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 25 November 2000 at 15:40 involving a car
A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:40 on Saturday 25 November 2000. The 39-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Nov 2000
- Saturday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89915, longitude -3.18789, in the EH10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950010890
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2002.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 August 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950006813
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 January 1981
41 m awayRef 198195181A018
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 February 1986
41 m awayRef 198695286A005
Serious
Car crash on the A720 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 December 1981
50 m awayRef 198195D81A045
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 December 2015
60 m awayRef 2015950005564
Serious
Car crash on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 September 1988
61 m awayRef 198895988A024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2000950010890 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.