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A701 crash in Midlothian on 1 December 2000 at 18:00 involving a car

Two cars and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A701 in Midlothian at 18:00 on Friday 1 December 2000. The 24-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 2000
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86941, longitude -3.17852, in the EH25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950011102
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
701
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
B
Second road number
7006

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2000950011102 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.