B7026 crash in Midlothian on 9 September 1980 at 14:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B7026 in Midlothian at 14:00 on Tuesday 9 September 1980. The 19-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 1980
- Tuesday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84515, longitude -3.19262, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198095980E021
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7026
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 1979.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 3 August 1979
14 m awayRef 197995879E002
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 3 November 2008
32 m awayRef 2008950009594
Serious
Car crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 22 December 1989
32 m awayRef 198995D89E047
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 29 September 2010
61 m awayRef 2010950007324
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 13 October 1998
61 m awayRef 1998951006298
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the B7026 in Midlothian, 20 February 2007
61 m awayRef 2007950001967
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198095980E021 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 1980.