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A702 crash in Midlothian on 24 September 2019 at 09:29 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A DAF Trucks lorry crashed on the A702 in Midlothian at 09:29 on Tuesday 24 September 2019. The 60-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 2019
Tuesday, 09:29
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8499, longitude -3.23088, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019950880914
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

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 2019950880914 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.