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A701 crash in Midlothian on 12 April 2010 at 05:00 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic crashed on the A701 in Midlothian at 05:00 on Monday 12 April 2010. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 2010
Monday, 05:00
Vehicles
1
Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.859, longitude -3.18651, in the EH26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH26 0NX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010950002707
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
701
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

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 2010950002707 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 2010.