Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH18 on 3 April 2013 at 11:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 11:15 on Wednesday 3 April 2013. An 8-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 41-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2013
- Wednesday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87682, longitude -3.1179, in the EH18 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH19 2JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950001802
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2017.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 27 April 2017
2 m awayRef 2017950001242
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 30 May 2014
2 m awayRef 2014950002977
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 1 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022991225328
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 27 June 2023
4 m awayRef 2023991349360
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 June 1989
4 m awayRef 198995689E019
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 22 September 1989
4 m awayRef 198995989E042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2013950001802 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 2013.