A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 August 2004 at 18:25 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:25 on Friday 27 August 2004. A 33-year-old female 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
- 27 Aug 2004
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94216, longitude -3.18216, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Southside/Newington, City of Edinburgh, EH8 9HL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950007305
- 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
- 7
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 1980.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 June 1980
At the same spotRef 198095680A005
Slight
Leyland crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 December 1991
At the same spotRef 1991951443991
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 October 1995
At the same spotRef 1995951068595
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 March 1997
At the same spotRef 1997950261297
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 14 November 2013
At the same spotRef 2013950006206
Slight
London Taxis Int. TX1 crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 October 2006
At the same spotRef 2006950009520
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 2004950007305 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.