Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH26 on 8 September 2000 at 17:05 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 17:05 on Friday 8 September 2000. An 11-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
- 8 Sep 2000
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83249, longitude -3.22354, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950008158
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2009.
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 20 June 2009
At the same spotRef 2009950004678
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 29 December 2004
At the same spotRef 2004950011601
Slight
Toyota Starlet crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 13 September 1991
10 m awayRef 1991951025291
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 April 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950003263
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 12 April 1985
10 m awayRef 198595485E023
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 10 September 2011
10 m awayRef 2011950005979
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 11, 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 2000950008158 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.