Serious B702 crash in Midlothian on 16 February 1989 at 08:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B702 in Midlothian at 08:50 on Thursday 16 February 1989. A 74-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Feb 1989
- Thursday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87863, longitude -3.14953, in the EH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loanhead.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198995289E040
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 702
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B702 in Midlothian, 25 March 1986
10 m awayRef 198695386E036
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 15 December 2005
10 m awayRef 2005950011333
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 20 December 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950011226
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 29 November 2014
14 m awayRef 2014950006129
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian, 12 March 1998
22 m awayRef 1998950264798
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B702 in Midlothian, 21 February 1991
28 m awayRef 1991950211591
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 74, 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 198995289E040 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 1989.