Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH18 on 17 February 2003 at 04:35 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara crashed on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 04:35 on Monday 17 February 2003. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2003
- Monday, 04:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88419, longitude -3.11677, in the EH18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH18 1HB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950001577
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 19 November 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950006514
Serious
Car crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 25 February 1982
14 m awayRef 198295282E029
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 17 April 1995
22 m awayRef 1995950402995
Serious
Car crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 9 August 1980
41 m awayRef 198095880E017
Serious
Car crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 14 October 1989
61 m awayRef 198995O89E035
Slight
Car crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 28 February 1985
61 m awayRef 198595285E036
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
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 2003950001577 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 2003.