B7026 crash in Midlothian on 29 April 2019 at 08:24 involving an Audi Q2
An Audi Q2 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B7026 in Midlothian at 08:24 on Monday 29 April 2019. A 2-year-old male passenger in the Audi Q2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2019
- Monday, 08:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi Q2 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84389, longitude -3.19372, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950000509
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7026
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 1983.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 22 September 1983
1 m awayRef 198395983E022
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 22 March 2009
1 m awayRef 2009950002395
Slight
Car crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 2 July 1979
1 m awayRef 197995779E001
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 11 June 1995
1 m awayRef 1995950592495
Fatal
Car crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 8 February 1982
14 m awayRef 198295282E006
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 4 December 1981
14 m awayRef 198195D81E014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi Q2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi Q2)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019950000509 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 2019.