Serious B6415 crash in Midlothian on 30 November 2022 at 15:00 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 hit a pedestrian on the B6415 in Midlothian at 15:00 on Wednesday 30 November 2022. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Nov 2022
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91358, longitude -3.08614, in the EH22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991248550
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6415
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 133 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 January 2002.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 16 January 2002
133 m awayRef 2002950000442
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 10 November 1996
134 m awayRef 1996951165196
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 12 April 1983
140 m awayRef 198395483E023
Serious
Van crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 20 May 1984
153 m awayRef 198495584E035
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 15 November 2017
169 m awayRef 2017950002415
Slight
Van crash on the B6415 in Midlothian, 9 December 1982
185 m awayRef 198295D82E023
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
- Road maintenance worker
- Yes
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2022991248550 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.