Serious B704 crash in Midlothian on 9 May 2006 at 11:20 involving a Dennis bus
A Dennis bus crashed on the B704 in Midlothian at 11:20 on Tuesday 9 May 2006. A 79-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 May 2006
- Tuesday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87646, longitude -3.10712, in the EH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH19 2JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950004001
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 704
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 June 2023.
Serious
MG HS crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 22 June 2023
3 m awayRef 2023991321719
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 April 1992
10 m awayRef 1992950402992
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 13 July 2006
10 m awayRef 2006950006048
Slight
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 15 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198895688E022
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 29 May 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991182635
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 5 April 2005
14 m awayRef 2005950002943
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- 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
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 79, 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 2006950004001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Midlothian road accident statistics for 2006.