B704 crash in Midlothian on 29 March 2018 at 13:15 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Ford Ecosport were involved in a crash on the B704 in Midlothian at 13:15 on Thursday 29 March 2018. The 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Ford Ecosport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87182, longitude -3.09814, in the EH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, EH19 3NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000412
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 704
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1996.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 13 July 1996
3 m awayRef 1996950695996
Slight
Nissan Vanette crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 5 August 1997
7 m awayRef 1997950800797
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 18 February 2014
28 m awayRef 2014950001042
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 4 September 1998
29 m awayRef 1998950872998
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 10 August 2005
34 m awayRef 2005950006883
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 June 2016
44 m awayRef 2016950003105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Ecosport)
- 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 2018950000412 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 2018.