A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 February 2004 at 15:00 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:00 on Wednesday 11 February 2004. A 56-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2004
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92959, longitude -3.26309, in the EH11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sighthill/Gorgie, City of Edinburgh, EH11 3RG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950001315
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 71
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 July 2014
10 m awayRef 2014950003734
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005950010939
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 17 December 2010
14 m awayRef 2010950009421
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 5 March 1980
20 m awayRef 198095380C024
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Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 February 1980
20 m awayRef 198095280C007
Slight
Bus crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 January 1980
20 m awayRef 198095180C017
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, 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 2004950001315 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 2004.