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Serious unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 29 April 2004 at 08:53 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 08:53 on Thursday 29 April 2004. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Apr 2004
Thursday, 08:53
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Accent
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86644, longitude -3.04004, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorebridge and Mayfield.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950003548
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 2004950003548 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 2004.