Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 31 December 2011 at 19:30 involving a Citroen C5
A car and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 19:30 on Saturday 31 December 2011. The 20-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2011
- Saturday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Citroen C5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8889, longitude -3.0715, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dalkeith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 1HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950000003
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 June 2009.
Serious
MG ZR crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 1 June 2009
At the same spotRef 2009950004235
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 31 May 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950589294
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 29 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198895688E037
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 13 June 2010
57 m awayRef 2010950004233
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 24 May 1989
78 m awayRef 198995589E028
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 11 December 1979
114 m awayRef 197995D79E010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2011950000003 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 2011.