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A7 crash in Midlothian on 5 August 2000 at 15:50 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A7 in Midlothian at 15:50 on Saturday 5 August 2000. The 33-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2000
Saturday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90058, longitude -3.09245, in the EH22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950006978
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
720

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2000950006978 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.