B702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 20 July 2007 at 13:52 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:52 on Friday 20 July 2007. A 73-year-old female passenger and an 89-year-old female passenger were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2007
- Friday, 13:52
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92689, longitude -3.20939, 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 5QL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950006236
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 8 June 1985
10 m awayRef 198595685A006
Slight
Bus crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 May 1981
10 m awayRef 198195581A014
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 March 1998
10 m awayRef 1998950243998
Fatal
Leyland crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 3 October 1996
14 m awayRef 1996950997796
Slight
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 11 May 1994
14 m awayRef 1994950522494
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 April 1998
14 m awayRef 1998950323498
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 89, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2007950006236 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 2007.