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B702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 September 2005 at 18:30 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus and a Piaggio Liberty motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:30 on Wednesday 28 September 2005. The 20-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Liberty motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 2005
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Piaggio Liberty
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93219, longitude -3.21003, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4DR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005950008450
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
702
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

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
24%
Estimated chance it was slight
76%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Piaggio Liberty

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Piaggio Liberty)

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 2005950008450 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.