B6392 crash in Midlothian on 16 January 2015 at 15:48 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B6392 in Midlothian at 15:48 on Friday 16 January 2015. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2015
- Friday, 15:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88313, longitude -3.07867, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dalkeith.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950000174
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6392
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2016.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B6392 in Midlothian, 20 June 2016
20 m awayRef 2016950003059
Serious
Car crash on the B6392 in Midlothian, 11 December 2008
31 m awayRef 2008950010802
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 19 October 2009
31 m awayRef 2009950007866
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 29 November 1989
95 m awayRef 198995N89E034
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6392 in Midlothian, 14 May 2010
125 m awayRef 2010950003454
Slight
Car crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 22 March 1989
145 m awayRef 198995389E024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2015950000174 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 2015.