A68 crash in Midlothian on 24 February 2000 at 08:05 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A68 in Midlothian at 08:05 on Thursday 24 February 2000. A 54-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2000
- Thursday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8896, longitude -3.05281, in the EH22 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950001887
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 68
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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 light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 February 2008.
Serious
Taxi crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 3 February 2008
10 m awayRef 2008950001763
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 27 February 1989
14 m awayRef 198995289E035
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 18 January 2003
14 m awayRef 2003950000516
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 16 December 1994
14 m awayRef 1994951375494
Slight
Daihatsu Charade crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 31 December 1992
14 m awayRef 1992951562292
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 31 January 1987
14 m awayRef 198795187E024
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2000950001887 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Midlothian road accident statistics for 2000.