A702 crash in Midlothian on 19 July 2013 at 15:35 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 15:35 on Friday 19 July 2013. The 66-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2013
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84917, longitude -3.2316, 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
- 2013950003870
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2014.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 30 November 2014
At the same spotRef 2014950006135
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 1 February 2018
1 m awayRef 2018950000477
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 1 June 2014
2 m awayRef 2014950003027
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 3 October 2013
2 m awayRef 2013950005454
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 8 August 2001
5 m awayRef 2001950006886
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 8 August 2004
5 m awayRef 2004950006643
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2013950003870 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.