Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH7 on 12 November 2003 at 13:40 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 13:40 on Wednesday 12 November 2003. A 74-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
- 12 Nov 2003
- Wednesday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96194, longitude -3.15313, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Craigentinny/Duddingston, City of Edinburgh, EH7 6FJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950009412
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, 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 2003950009412 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.