Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH1 on 7 September 2016 at 16:50 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 16:50 on Wednesday 7 September 2016. A 64-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95161, longitude -3.19174, in the EH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the City Centre, City of Edinburgh, EH2 2HG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950004878
- Council area
- City of Edinburgh
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 May 2014.
Fatal
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 19 May 2014
10 m awayRef 2014950002737
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 6 June 1990
10 m awayRef 1990950688990
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 20 December 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950011687
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 23 March 1991
10 m awayRef 1991950340891
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 7 May 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950004070
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198895D88B046
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 64, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016950004878 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 2016.