Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 22 July 2005 at 16:55 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 16:55 on Friday 22 July 2005. A 9-year-old female pedestrian was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2005
- Friday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87, longitude -3.06427, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorebridge and Mayfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian South, Midlothian, EH22 4NB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950006320
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 24 September 1989
14 m awayRef 198995989E036
Serious
Van crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 8 June 1989
14 m awayRef 198995689E004
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 8 July 1988
22 m awayRef 198895788E013
Fatal
Mitsubishi Colt crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 4 March 2004
51 m awayRef 2004950001958
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 5 November 2010
61 m awayRef 2010950008174
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 15 August 2005
67 m awayRef 2005950007035
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
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 2005950006320 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 2005.