A68 crash in Midlothian on 17 November 2010 at 17:22 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb crashed on the A68 in Midlothian at 17:22 on Wednesday 17 November 2010. The 42-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2010
- Wednesday, 17:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87927, longitude -2.98731, in the EH37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950008509
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 68
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 18 May 1980
14 m awayRef 198095580E033
Serious
Car crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 10 June 1980
14 m awayRef 198095680E009
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 19 December 1998
63 m awayRef 1998951279998
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 3 May 2005
85 m awayRef 2005950003777
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 12 March 2002
112 m awayRef 2002950002455
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 7 March 1991
170 m awayRef 1991950273191
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
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 2010950008509 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.