Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH20 on 8 April 2015 at 16:50 involving a Kia Pro Ceed
A Kia Pro Ceed and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 16:50 on Wednesday 8 April 2015. A 12-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2015
- Wednesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Pro Ceed and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88834, longitude -3.16289, in the EH20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH20 9NJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950001719
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2018.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 7 June 2018
2 m awayRef 2018950000742
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 3 November 2025
3 m awayRef 2025991662977
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 11 April 2018
4 m awayRef 2018950000504
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 23 August 2013
5 m awayRef 2013950004326
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 9 August 2012
5 m awayRef 2012950004378
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 12 June 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991604930
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Pro Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2015950001719 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.