Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH18 on 14 November 2014 at 07:45 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A Ford Transit Custom van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 07:45 on Friday 14 November 2014. The 36-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2014
- Friday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit Custom and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87144, longitude -3.1252, in the EH18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950005792
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 1988.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 3 July 1988
At the same spotRef 198895788E007
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 29 July 1981
At the same spotRef 198195781E051
Slight
Superbyke RMR 125 crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 April 2012
14 m awayRef 2012950001995
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Midlothian, 21 April 1987
14 m awayRef 198795487E029
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 9 November 2004
22 m awayRef 2004950009810
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 10 May 2011
22 m awayRef 2011950003108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 36, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2014950005792 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.