Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH26 on 30 September 2014 at 08:45 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR crashed on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 08:45 on Tuesday 30 September 2014. The 43-year-old female driver was 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
- 30 Sep 2014
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- MG ZR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83005, longitude -3.22375, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 8AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004989
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 November 1987.
Fatal
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 4 November 1987
9 m awayRef 198795N87E005
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 16 November 1990
11 m awayRef 1990951384290
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 1 October 1990
11 m awayRef 1990951178890
Slight
Volkswagen crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 18 May 2009
11 m awayRef 2009950003645
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 31 January 2003
11 m awayRef 2003950000908
Serious
Lorry crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 27 June 1988
11 m awayRef 198895688E045
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
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 2014950004989 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 2014.