A702 crash in Midlothian on 11 October 2016 at 17:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A bicycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 17:30 on Tuesday 11 October 2016. The 57-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2016
- Tuesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86596, longitude -3.21264, in the EH26 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH26 0PE area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950004823
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 702
- 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
- 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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 1979.
Serious
Bus crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 16 August 1979
4 m awayRef 197995879E029
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 1 July 2002
4 m awayRef 2002950005852
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 27 May 1998
4 m awayRef 1998950511798
Serious
Ford Ranger crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 14 July 2006
4 m awayRef 2006950006124
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 1 April 2002
4 m awayRef 2002950003060
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 14 July 2010
4 m awayRef 2010950005039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 57, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016950004823 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.