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A68 crash in Midlothian on 16 January 2016 at 19:16 involving a Citroen Berlingo

A Citroen Berlingo crashed on the A68 in Midlothian at 19:16 on Saturday 16 January 2016. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 2016
Saturday, 19:16
Vehicles
1
Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84491, longitude -2.92593, in the EH37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016950000291
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
68
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6458

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, 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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

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 2016950000291 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 2016.