B6415 crash in Midlothian on 1 May 2016 at 09:45 involving a Volvo V70
A motorcycle and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the B6415 in Midlothian at 09:45 on Sunday 1 May 2016. The 36-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2016
- Sunday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91487, longitude -3.08023, in the EH22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950002167
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6415
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 105 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2009.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 20 January 2009
105 m awayRef 2009950000519
Slight
Car crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 19 January 2009
105 m awayRef 2009950000508
Slight
Bus crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 20 August 1987
127 m awayRef 198795887E026
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 22 March 2002
144 m awayRef 2002950002744
Serious
Austin Morris Maxi crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 5 June 1990
183 m awayRef 1990950674390
Slight
Car crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 2 April 1991
193 m awayRef 1991950374391
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,435 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 36, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016950002167 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.