A7 crash in Midlothian on 23 December 2000 at 16:16 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A7 in Midlothian at 16:16 on Saturday 23 December 2000. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 23 Dec 2000; Saturday, 16:16
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950011970
Council area: Midlothian
Police force: Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 7
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 40 mph

Junction information

Junction type: T or staggered junction
Junction control: Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class: Unclassified

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: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Driver sex
Female
Driver age
34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
41 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2000950011970 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.