A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 15 October 2005 at 18:45 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus crashed on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 18:45 on Saturday 15 October 2005. A 67-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2005
- Saturday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95511, longitude -3.15229, in the EH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Craigentinny/Duddingston, City of Edinburgh, EH7 6FJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950009058
- 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
- 1
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 August 2022.
Serious
Kia Picanto crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 August 2022
2 m awayRef 2022991208838
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 9 October 2001
10 m awayRef 2001950008875
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 January 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950090393
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 January 1985
10 m awayRef 198595185D021
Slight
Bus crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 February 1990
10 m awayRef 1990950209190
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198895O88D006
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland)
- 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 2005950009058 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.