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B701 crash in the City of Edinburgh on 28 May 2019 at 15:15 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the B701 in the City of Edinburgh at 15:15 on Tuesday 28 May 2019. A 29-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 May 2019
Tuesday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89953, longitude -3.16843, in the EH17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Liberton/Gilmerton, City of Edinburgh, EH16 6HD 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
2019950000683
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
701
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    5,132 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2019950000683 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 2019.