Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH25 on 20 March 2017 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 13:50 on Monday 20 March 2017. The 47-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2017
- Monday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86297, longitude -3.1843, in the EH25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midlothian West, Midlothian, EH26 0NX area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950001038
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 701
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 30%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 70%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2018.
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A703 in Midlothian, 8 October 2018
1 m awayRef 2018950001369
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A703 in Midlothian, 10 May 2000
7 m awayRef 2000950004195
Slight
Car crash on the A703 in Midlothian, 28 November 1989
7 m awayRef 198995N89E024
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 11 January 2019
30 m awayRef 2019950000041
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 30 November 1986
43 m awayRef 198695N86E046
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 3 February 1987
43 m awayRef 198795287E006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 647 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017950001038 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 2017.