Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH6 on 31 March 2003 at 19:19 involving a Dennis bus
A bicycle and a Dennis bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 19:19 on Monday 31 March 2003. A 68-year-old female passenger in the Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 2003
- Monday, 19:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97244, longitude -3.17299, in the EH6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950003754
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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 22 February 1991.
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 22 February 1991
At the same spotRef 1991950222691
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 29 March 1979
At the same spotRef 197995379D020
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 November 2022
2 m awayRef 2022991246040
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 15 October 1979
10 m awayRef 197995O79D018
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 December 1980
14 m awayRef 198095D80D005
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 15 December 1989
14 m awayRef 198995D89D023
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Vehicle 2: Dennis
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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Boarding
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 2003950003754 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.