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Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH7 on 15 February 2023 at 19:20 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 19:20 on Wednesday 15 February 2023. A 75-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 2023
Wednesday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96891, longitude -3.18455, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leith, City of Edinburgh, EH6 5HB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023991277425
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
900

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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 8 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North 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
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    7,698 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, 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 2023991277425 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 2023.