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A7 crash in Midlothian on 22 November 2003 at 07:45 involving a Mitsubishi L200 van

A Mitsubishi L200 van crashed on the A7 in Midlothian at 07:45 on Saturday 22 November 2003. The 39-year-old male driver and a 33-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Nov 2003
Saturday, 07:45
Vehicles
1
Mitsubishi L200
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81681, longitude -3.02132, in the EH23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950009692
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
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
Daylight
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 8 February 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi L200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L200)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi L200)

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 2003950009692 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.