B6094 crash in Midlothian on 17 December 2010 at 11:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the B6094 in Midlothian at 11:00 on Friday 17 December 2010. The 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 46-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xantia were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2010
- Friday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Citroen Xantia
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85787, longitude -3.13503, in the EH24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950009526
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6094
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2009.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 25 May 2009
At the same spotRef 2009950003948
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 5 December 2000
10 m awayRef 2000950011228
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 23 October 1997
10 m awayRef 1997951098497
Slight
ERF crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 3 January 2001
10 m awayRef 2001950000069
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 9 May 2003
10 m awayRef 2003950003840
Slight
Car crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 11 February 2006
10 m awayRef 2006950001253
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xantia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2010950009526 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.