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Serious unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH14 on 16 December 2010 at 14:00 involving a Volvo bus

A van and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 14:00 on Thursday 16 December 2010. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Dec 2010
Thursday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Van and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93283, longitude -3.23615, in the EH14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart, City of Edinburgh, EH11 1RW area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010950009390
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    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
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    7,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 74, 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 2010950009390 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.