Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 11 December 2017 at 09:15 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van, a Ford Transit Custom van and a Mitsubishi Outlander were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 09:15 on Monday 11 December 2017. The 32-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Outlander was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2017
- Monday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89225, longitude -3.0673, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dalkeith. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 1HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950002582
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 1998.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 14 June 1998
4 m awayRef 1998950577198
Serious
Bus crash on the B6373 in Midlothian, 9 May 1985
4 m awayRef 198595585E023
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 12 December 2007
9 m awayRef 2007950010374
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 25 February 2006
13 m awayRef 2006950001713
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A68 in Midlothian, 3 April 1981
13 m awayRef 198195481E038
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 26 May 2006
13 m awayRef 2006950004569
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mitsubishi Outlander)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017950002582 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.