B6372 crash in Midlothian on 12 February 2011 at 19:10 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna crashed on the B6372 in Midlothian at 19:10 on Saturday 12 February 2011. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2011
- Saturday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8306, longitude -3.05904, in the EH23 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011950001079
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6372
- 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, street lights unlit
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 192 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2023.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 3 September 2023
192 m awayRef 2023991348193
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 14 July 1979
197 m awayRef 197995779E014
Serious
Suzuki Wagon R+ crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 9 February 2021
302 m awayRef 2021991020669
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 7 June 2004
322 m awayRef 2004950004754
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 8 December 2014
339 m awayRef 2014950006485
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 27 December 2005
711 m awayRef 2005950011732
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Laguna)
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 2011950001079 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.