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A703 crash in Midlothian on 23 July 2004 at 00:05 involving a Toyota Yaris

A car and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A703 in Midlothian at 00:05 on Friday 23 July 2004. The 26-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jul 2004
Friday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Yaris
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78632, longitude -3.22161, in the EH46 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950006171
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
703
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)

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 2004950006171 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.