A720 crash in Midlothian on 27 December 2000 at 15:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A720 in Midlothian at 15:35 on Wednesday 27 December 2000. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2000
- Wednesday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950012100
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 720
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
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
- Daylight
- 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
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, 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 2000950012100 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.