A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 March 2005 at 15:25 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:25 on Friday 11 March 2005. An 89-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
- 11 Mar 2005
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94422, longitude -3.10601, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 3AP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950002234
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2005.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 December 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950011094
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 August 1983
At the same spotRef 198395883D005
Slight
Volvo crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 9 July 2013
10 m awayRef 2013950003638
Fatal
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 May 1980
10 m awayRef 198095580D007
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 April 2013
10 m awayRef 2013950001923
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 February 2016
10 m awayRef 2016950001214
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 89, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- 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 2005950002234 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 2005.