A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 July 2005 at 13:05 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:05 on Friday 29 July 2005. An 80-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Jul 2005
- Friday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94234, longitude -3.18233, 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
- 2005950006476
- 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
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2005.
Slight
Leyland crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 April 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950003623
Slight
Volvo crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 21 October 2015
At the same spotRef 2015950004722
Serious
Bus crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 4 April 1985
At the same spotRef 198595485A001
Serious
Van crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 February 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950170399
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 June 1987
At the same spotRef 198795687A010
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 October 1998
At the same spotRef 1998951066898
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing 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 2005950006476 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.