A8000 crash in Midlothian on 24 December 2000 at 13:48 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A8000 in Midlothian at 13:48 on Sunday 24 December 2000. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, the 27-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 24-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 24 Dec 2000; Sunday, 13:48
Vehicles: 3; Car and 2 others
Casualties: 3; 3 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 2000950012006
Council area: Midlothian
Police force: Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 8000
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Daylight
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (3)

Vehicle 1: Car
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
60 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
23 years
Vehicle 3: Car
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
27 years

Casualties (3)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Car passenger
Front seat passenger

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 2000950012006 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.