A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 March 2002 at 12:10 involving a bicycle
A bicycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:10 on Friday 29 March 2002. A 65-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach 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
- 29 Mar 2002
- Friday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93076, longitude -3.25401, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002950002973
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 March 2006.
Serious
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 March 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950001899
Slight
Dennis crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 January 2008
At the same spotRef 2008950000495
Slight
Volvo crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 August 2020
9 m awayRef 2020990970936
Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 August 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950006574
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 January 1997
10 m awayRef 1997950080697
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 March 1991
14 m awayRef 1991950316491
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2002950002973 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 2002.