B6372 crash in Midlothian on 17 January 2021 at 20:30 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206 crashed on the B6372 in Midlothian at 20:30 on Sunday 17 January 2021. The 37-year-old female driver, a 17-year-old male passenger and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2021
- Sunday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81522, longitude -3.19644, in the EH26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991015083
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6372
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 94 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2009.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 18 February 2009
94 m awayRef 2009950001271
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 30 January 2016
373 m awayRef 2016950000747
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 19 January 2012
387 m awayRef 2012950000390
Slight
Nissan Navara crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 2 January 2015
392 m awayRef 201595DFT0002
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B6372 in Midlothian, 6 November 2005
394 m awayRef 2005950009874
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 10 January 2012
394 m awayRef 2012950000170
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2021991015083 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 2021.