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A7 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 11 October 2008 at 12:10 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus hit a pedestrian on the A7 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:10 on Saturday 11 October 2008. A 34-year-old female pedestrian was 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
11 Oct 2008
Saturday, 12:10
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95306, longitude -3.1889, in the EH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH2 2HG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008950008301
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, hit by vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2008950008301 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.