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A6094 crash in Midlothian on 13 June 1979 at 13:30 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A6094 in Midlothian at 13:30 on Wednesday 13 June 1979. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jun 1979
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89691, longitude -3.05412, in the EH22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995679E022
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6094
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 197995679E022 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 1979.