Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH20 on 21 May 2004 at 10:56 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 10:56 on Friday 21 May 2004. A passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2004
- Friday, 10:56
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87788, longitude -3.14776, in the EH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loanhead. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9AE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950004216
- Council area
- Midlothian
- 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
- Rural
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 August 1985.
Slight
Bus crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 9 August 1985
20 m awayRef 198595885E011
Slight
Van crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 13 October 1983
22 m awayRef 198395O83E014
Slight
Car crash on the B702 in Midlothian, 18 October 1983
30 m awayRef 198395O83E039
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 28 October 1982
32 m awayRef 198295O82E042
Slight
Suzuki Samurai crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 13 July 1992
32 m awayRef 1992950784892
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 October 2008
32 m awayRef 2008950008136
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightBus 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 2004950004216 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.