A701 crash in Midlothian on 6 May 2003 at 17:25 involving a Skoda Fabia
A Skoda Fabia and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on the A701 in Midlothian at 17:25 on Tuesday 6 May 2003. The 47-year-old female driver of the Rover 100 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2003
- Tuesday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Fabia and Rover 100 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86271, longitude -3.18375, in the EH25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH26 0NX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950003723
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 703
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1981.
Slight
Van crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 11 November 1981
At the same spotRef 198195N81E027
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 26 September 1992
At the same spotRef 1992951116092
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 29 November 1982
At the same spotRef 198295N82E039
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 3 February 1987
10 m awayRef 198795287E006
Serious
Van crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 5 May 1985
10 m awayRef 198595585E008
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 30 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198695N86E046
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)
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 2003950003723 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.