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A1 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 16 October 2010 at 14:20 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the A1 in the City of Edinburgh at 14:20 on Saturday 16 October 2010. An 81-year-old female passenger, a 73-year-old female passenger and a 71-year-old male passenger were 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
16 Oct 2010
Saturday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9577, longitude -3.17303, 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.

Map of where the crash happened in the City of Edinburgh

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010950007608
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
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
52%
Estimated chance it was slight
48%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    9,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2010950007608 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.