B6482 crash in Midlothian on 7 April 2007 at 21:35 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera hit a pedestrian on the B6482 in Midlothian at 21:35 on Saturday 7 April 2007. A 23-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2007
- Saturday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Primera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87609, longitude -3.04605, in the EH22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian East, Midlothian, EH22 4SX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950003068
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6482
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 October 1994.
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 23 October 1994
22 m awayRef 1994951131794
Slight
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 21 May 1986
22 m awayRef 198695586E042
Serious
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 15 August 1992
82 m awayRef 1992950928992
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 May 1995
92 m awayRef 1995950513895
Fatal
Skoda 130 crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 19 August 1995
92 m awayRef 1995950839795
Slight
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 7 September 1996
110 m awayRef 1996950904296
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
- 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 2007950003068 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 2007.