A71 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 23 February 2015 at 12:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh at 12:40 on Monday 23 February 2015. A 31-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Feb 2015
- Monday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92966, longitude -3.26004, in the EH11 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, EH14 1SS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950000732
- 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
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 71
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2016.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 July 2016
At the same spotRef 2016950003704
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 10 March 2015
At the same spotRef 2015950001016
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 16 August 1985
At the same spotRef 198595885C036
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 18 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197995D79C019
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 29 November 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951257296
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A71 in the City of Edinburgh, 15 November 2010
10 m awayRef 2010950008426
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- 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 2015950000732 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 2015.