Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 27 February 2015 at 10:15 involving a Saab 9-3
A Saab 9-3 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 10:15 on Friday 27 February 2015. A 27-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2015
- Friday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Saab 9-3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87861, longitude -3.04694, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gorebridge and Mayfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian East, Midlothian, EH22 4SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950000795
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2013.
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 December 2013
12 m awayRef 2013950006679
Slight
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 15 May 1981
18 m awayRef 198195581E030
Serious
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 26 May 1987
34 m awayRef 198795587E030
Fatal
Car crash on the B6482 in Midlothian, 6 December 1985
41 m awayRef 198595D85E007
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 24 August 2000
42 m awayRef 2000950007646
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 22 May 2000
48 m awayRef 2000950004598
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2015950000795 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.