A768 crash in Midlothian on 2 October 2016 at 14:00 involving a Hyundai i10
A Hyundai i10 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A768 in Midlothian at 14:00 on Sunday 2 October 2016. The 33-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2016
- Sunday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i10 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88441, longitude -3.11118, in the EH18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH18 1HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950004635
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 768
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2004.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 18 June 2004
1 m awayRef 2004950005147
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 29 November 1993
1 m awayRef 1993951313493
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 11 August 1997
1 m awayRef 1997950823897
Serious
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 5 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016950002711
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 14 July 2003
9 m awayRef 2003950005749
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A768 in Midlothian, 1 May 1985
9 m awayRef 198595585E002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 33, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016950004635 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.