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Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH19 on 17 July 2004 at 10:29 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 10:29 on Saturday 17 July 2004. A 39-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
17 Jul 2004
Saturday, 10:29
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88132, longitude -3.10614, in the EH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian East, Midlothian, EH19 2BF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950005995
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
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 188 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    8,268 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, 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 2004950005995 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.