Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH4 on 13 July 2008 at 18:46 involving a Volvo bus
A car and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 18:46 on Sunday 13 July 2008. A 59-year-old male passenger in the Volvo bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2008
- Sunday, 18:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97236, longitude -3.25471, in the EH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950006113
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1990.
Slight
Talbot Sunbeam crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 16 February 1990
10 m awayRef 1990950220290
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 September 1995
14 m awayRef 1995950902795
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 12 November 1980
14 m awayRef 198095N80B027
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 July 1981
14 m awayRef 198195781B042
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 3 September 1992
20 m awayRef 1992951017892
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 21 February 1997
20 m awayRef 1997950207197
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- 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 2008950006113 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.