Serious B704 crash in Midlothian on 15 August 2020 at 16:14 involving an Audi A2
An Audi A2 hit a pedestrian on the B704 in Midlothian at 16:14 on Saturday 15 August 2020. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Aug 2020
- Saturday, 16:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87326, longitude -3.10231, 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 2JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990972798
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2022.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 27 July 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991203318
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 October 2018
12 m awayRef 2018950001426
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 7 September 1991
16 m awayRef 1991951005591
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 2 July 2010
16 m awayRef 2010950004714
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 30 July 1990
16 m awayRef 1990950898990
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 February 2006
16 m awayRef 2006950001510
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A2)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020990972798 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 2020.