B7003 crash in Midlothian on 10 April 2006 at 10:05 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B7003 in Midlothian at 10:05 on Monday 10 April 2006. The 31-year-old male rider 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
- 10 Apr 2006
- Monday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85201, longitude -3.15642, in the EH18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950003098
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7003
- 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
- 38%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 62%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 26 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198895N88E043
Fatal
Kia Sportage crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 14 August 2025
16 m awayRef 2025991628767
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 22 February 2024
89 m awayRef 2024991449847
Slight
Car crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 27 February 1982
104 m awayRef 198295282E030
Serious
Van crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 28 February 1986
114 m awayRef 198695286E043
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7003 in Midlothian, 27 September 2002
114 m awayRef 2002950008651
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2006950003098 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 2006.