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Serious B7026 crash in Midlothian on 13 January 1984 at 17:00 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B7026 in Midlothian at 17:00 on Friday 13 January 1984. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 52-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Jan 1984
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83501, longitude -3.20045, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495184E005
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
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 198495184E005 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 1984.