B702 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 27 January 2011 at 13:05 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh at 13:05 on Thursday 27 January 2011. An 81-year-old male passenger 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
- 27 Jan 2011
- Thursday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92806, longitude -3.20942, in the EH10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Morningside, City of Edinburgh, EH10 4DR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950000689
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 702
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 13 November 1981
At the same spotRef 198195N81C040
Serious
Bus crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 26 May 1982
At the same spotRef 198295582C051
Slight
MAN crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 August 2016
At the same spotRef 2016950003963
Slight
Car crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 7 May 1992
At the same spotRef 1992950525692
Slight
Car crash on the B702 in the City of Edinburgh, 25 July 2003
At the same spotRef 2003950006032
Slight
Leyland crash on the A702 in the City of Edinburgh, 24 February 1994
10 m awayRef 1994950214394
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 81, 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 2011950000689 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 2011.