B702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 21 March 2003 at 14:45 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:45 on Friday 21 March 2003. An 85-year-old female 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
- 21 Mar 2003
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93264, longitude -3.21005, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950002535
- 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
- 702
- 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 slight injury crash on 30 March 1995.
Slight
Honda C90 crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 30 March 1995
At the same spotRef 1995950344695
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 September 1980
At the same spotRef 198095980C057
Slight
Bus crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 12 February 1980
10 m awayRef 198095280C012
Slight
Volvo crash on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 2003
10 m awayRef 2003950001870
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 November 1997
14 m awayRef 1997951164497
Slight
BYD Enviro crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 1 October 2022
20 m awayRef 2022991225174
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 85, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- 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 2003950002535 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 2003.