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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH12 on 27 November 2004 at 17:05 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus and an Optare Excel bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:05 on Saturday 27 November 2004. The 35-year-old female driver of the Optare Excel bus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 2004
Saturday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Dennis and Optare Excel
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94534, longitude -3.36144, in the EH12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ingliston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Almond, City of Edinburgh, EH28 8LS area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950010432
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
20 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Optare Excel

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Optare Excel)

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 2004950010432 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.