Unclassified road crash in the City of Edinburgh EH7 on 27 July 2023 at 17:05 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh at 17:05 on Thursday 27 July 2023. A 36-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2023
- Thursday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96305, longitude -3.15714, in the EH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Edinburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Craigentinny/Duddingston, City of Edinburgh, EH7 6FJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991338382
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2017.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 31 March 2017
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Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 4 November 2000
56 m awayRef 2000950010003
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Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 17 January 2009
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Car crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 7 December 2000
64 m awayRef 2000950011316
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 25 October 2016
78 m awayRef 2016950004953
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Toyota Starlet crash on an unclassified road in the City of Edinburgh, 18 February 2020
79 m awayRef 2020990998976
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 2023991338382 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.