A701 crash in Midlothian on 3 May 2007 at 15:35 involving a Rover 25
Four vehicles, including a Rover 25 and a van, were involved in a crash on the A701 in Midlothian at 15:35 on Thursday 3 May 2007. The 22-year-old male driver of the Rover 25 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2007
- Thursday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Rover 25 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87493, longitude -3.17421, in the EH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bilston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950003855
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 701
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2013.
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 12 December 2013
5 m awayRef 2013950006805
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 24 July 1992
10 m awayRef 1992950828592
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 27 March 2005
32 m awayRef 2005950002696
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 28 June 2015
35 m awayRef 2015950003055
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 3 March 2006
36 m awayRef 2006950001916
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 1 September 1996
36 m awayRef 1996950880896
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Caravelle
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 98 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
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 2007950003855 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.