Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH23 on 27 March 2004 at 17:00 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 17:00 on Saturday 27 March 2004. A 74-year-old male 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
- 27 Mar 2004
- Saturday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84211, longitude -3.04738, in the EH23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorebridge and Mayfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian South, Midlothian, EH23 4HG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950002632
- Council area
- Midlothian
- 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
- Rural
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1993.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 28 April 1993
At the same spotRef 1993950457393
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 27 July 1985
At the same spotRef 198595785E040
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 19 November 1994
At the same spotRef 1994951251094
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 29 October 1992
At the same spotRef 1992951250792
Slight
Bus crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 27 May 1988
At the same spotRef 198895588E036
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 16 May 1980
At the same spotRef 198095580E036
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 2004950002632 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Midlothian road accident statistics for 2004.