B7026 crash in Midlothian on 31 July 2013 at 17:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B7026 in Midlothian at 17:15 on Wednesday 31 July 2013. The 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 61-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf were 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
- 31 Jul 2013
- Wednesday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81689, longitude -3.20221, 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
- 2013950003992
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7026
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 6372
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 November 2005.
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 6 November 2005
11 m awayRef 2005950009874
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 10 January 2012
11 m awayRef 2012950000170
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 26 July 1997
12 m awayRef 1997950764797
Slight
Nissan Navara crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 2 January 2015
16 m awayRef 201595DFT0002
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 27 February 2008
20 m awayRef 2008950002097
Slight
Volvo 244 crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 17 July 1998
21 m awayRef 1998950693898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, 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 2013950003992 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.