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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH15 on 23 December 2021 at 15:15 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 15:15 on Thursday 23 December 2021. A 74-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2021
Thursday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94933, longitude -3.11998, in the EH15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Portobello/Craigmillar, City of Edinburgh, EH15 3AP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991126453
Council area
City of Edinburgh
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
6106

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South 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
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    4,760 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 74, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2021991126453 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 2021.