B1350 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 January 2008 at 14:50 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:50 on Friday 11 January 2008. A 79-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2008
- Friday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95797, longitude -3.18329, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith Walk, City of Edinburgh, EH7 5JR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950000320
- 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
- 1350
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2013.
Slight
Car crash on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh, 27 January 2013
At the same spotRef 2013950000469
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 March 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950002375
Slight
Bus crash on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 March 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950257399
Slight
Leyland crash on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh, 6 April 1998
At the same spotRef 1998950341298
Serious
Car crash on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh, 28 February 1983
10 m awayRef 198395283B025
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B1350 in the City of Edinburgh, 23 January 2008
10 m awayRef 2008950000867
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Bus lane or busway
- 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
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 79, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 2008950000320 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 2008.