Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH19 on 7 July 2007 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 16:30 on Saturday 7 July 2007. The 10-year-old male cyclist 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
- 7 Jul 2007
- Saturday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87843, longitude -3.09679, in the EH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian East, Midlothian, EH19 2BF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950007942
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 61 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 April 1984.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 11 April 1984
61 m awayRef 198495484E007
Slight
Car crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 26 April 1996
104 m awayRef 1996950421796
Serious
Bus crash on the A6094 in East Lothian, 6 May 2000
106 m awayRef 2000950004063
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 22 July 2005
108 m awayRef 2005950006286
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 1 August 2005
108 m awayRef 2005950006607
Slight
Car crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 12 February 1988
110 m awayRef 198895288E029
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 10, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2007950007942 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.