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Serious B6414 crash in Midlothian on 16 January 1984 at 16:35 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on the B6414 in Midlothian at 16:35 on Monday 16 January 1984. A 56-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 53-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 1984
Monday, 16:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89237, longitude -3.0396, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dalkeith.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495184E028
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6414
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198495184E028 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.