Serious unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH23 on 14 September 2000 at 20:40 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 20:40 on Thursday 14 September 2000. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 2000
- Thursday, 20:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85064, longitude -3.04856, in the EH23 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950008328
- 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
- Rural
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 2017.
Serious
Ford Galaxy crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 August 2017
9 m awayRef 2017950001814
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 14 May 2013
10 m awayRef 2013950002566
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 May 2010
10 m awayRef 2010950003591
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 15 May 1989
14 m awayRef 198995589E009
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 13 July 1985
42 m awayRef 198595785E009
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 23 July 1984
42 m awayRef 198495784E026
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 20, 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 2000950008328 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.