Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH26 on 5 August 2013 at 13:13 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 13:13 on Monday 5 August 2013. The 62-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2013
- Monday, 13:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84962, longitude -3.20014, in the EH26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950003774
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 5 December 2013
11 m awayRef 2013950006651
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 15 May 1997
11 m awayRef 1997950499497
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 5 December 1986
11 m awayRef 198695D86E010
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 26 May 1994
22 m awayRef 1994950574294
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 3 March 1996
23 m awayRef 1996950236096
Serious
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 19 July 1990
32 m awayRef 1990950857190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2013950003774 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.