Serious B704 crash in Midlothian on 26 November 2022 at 08:00 involving an Audi TTS
An Audi TTS crashed on the B704 in Midlothian at 08:00 on Saturday 26 November 2022. A 32-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Nov 2022
- Saturday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi TTS
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85891, longitude -3.07622, in the EH19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991247019
- 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
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 February 1989.
Serious
Van crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 12 February 1989
22 m awayRef 198995289E020
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 15 November 2019
32 m awayRef 2019950905860
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 20 February 1982
36 m awayRef 198295282E022
Serious
Car crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 17 August 1985
40 m awayRef 198595885E021
Serious
Bus crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 22 August 1987
50 m awayRef 198795887E039
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B704 in Midlothian, 11 August 1982
50 m awayRef 198295882E006
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi TTS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi TTS)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022991247019 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 2022.