B7026 crash in Midlothian on 2 September 2013 at 15:28 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat crashed on the B7026 in Midlothian at 15:28 on Monday 2 September 2013. The 46-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Sep 2013
- Monday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83324, longitude -3.20131, in the EH26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950004513
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2000.
Slight
Car crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 25 November 2000
19 m awayRef 2000950010894
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 31 January 1998
32 m awayRef 1998950112098
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 27 December 1990
59 m awayRef 1990951595590
Serious
Honda crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 17 September 2006
76 m awayRef 2006950008195
Slight
Nissan crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 5 August 1996
76 m awayRef 1996950774096
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A703 in Midlothian, 14 December 1994
79 m awayRef 1994951365994
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
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 2013950004513 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.