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A702 crash in Midlothian on 4 March 2011 at 21:45 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 21:45 on Friday 4 March 2011. The 62-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Meriva were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Mar 2011
Friday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Vauxhall Meriva
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85824, longitude -3.2186, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011950001557
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
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 lit
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
32%
Estimated chance it was slight
68%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)

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 2011950001557 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.