B959 crash in Dundee City on 4 August 2010 at 20:20 involving a bus or coach
A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B959 in Dundee City at 20:20 on Wednesday 4 August 2010. A 53-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 4 Aug 2010
- Wednesday, 20:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.47384, longitude -2.92558, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the East End, Dundee City, DD4 7RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010930002171
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 959
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 972
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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2003.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 15 December 2003
At the same spotRef 2003930004740
Slight
Proton Persona Compact crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 26 July 2005
At the same spotRef 2005930002781
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 13 June 2008
At the same spotRef 2008930002876
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 10 June 2010
At the same spotRef 2010930001885
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A972 in Dundee City, 13 April 2006
10 m awayRef 2006930001591
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 12 June 2005
10 m awayRef 2005930002314
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
- 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 2010930002171 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 2010.