B704 crash in Midlothian on 23 May 2004 at 13:30 involving a Fiat Cinquecento
A Fiat Cinquecento crashed on the B704 in Midlothian at 13:30 on Sunday 23 May 2004. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2004
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Cinquecento
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85868, longitude -3.07498, in the EH19 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950004288
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 704
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 2 July 2021.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 2 July 2021
1 m awayRef 2021991062242
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 7 August 1979
22 m awayRef 197995879E008
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 14 July 1981
30 m awayRef 198195781E021
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 20 October 2006
30 m awayRef 2006950009265
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 17 August 1985
45 m awayRef 198595885E021
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 4 March 1991
50 m awayRef 1991950261591
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)
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 2004950004288 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.