A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 29 August 2010 at 04:43 involving a Volvo bus
A car and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 04:43 on Sunday 29 August 2010. A 55-year-old female 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, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2010
- Sunday, 04:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94003, longitude -3.10237, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 3FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950006229
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2001.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 June 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950005592
Slight
Scania crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 22 November 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950010465
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198795787D005
Slight
Suzuki Carry crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 2 October 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950008666
Slight
Bus crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 January 1987
10 m awayRef 198795187D010
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 June 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950005205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2010950006229 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 2010.