Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 18 July 2007 at 13:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 13:30 on Wednesday 18 July 2007. A 43-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 18 Jul 2007
- Wednesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86925, longitude -3.06872, 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
- 2007950006151
- 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
- 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 11 August 2001
10 m awayRef 2001950006972
Serious
Van crash on the B703 in Midlothian, 9 October 1984
14 m awayRef 198495O84E021
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 28 October 1994
14 m awayRef 1994951233994
Serious
Leyland crash on the B703 in Midlothian, 7 June 1990
22 m awayRef 1990950684890
Slight
Bus crash on the B703 in Midlothian, 6 May 1988
22 m awayRef 198895588E018
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 8 December 1980
22 m awayRef 198095D80E008
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 43, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 2007950006151 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.