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A68 crash in Midlothian on 13 January 1990 at 20:40 involving a Fiat Regata

A Fiat Regata hit a pedestrian on the A68 in Midlothian at 20:40 on Saturday 13 January 1990. A 70-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Jan 1990
Saturday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Fiat Regata
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8913, longitude -3.0594, in the EH22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dalkeith.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950048390
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
68
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Regata

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,585 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Regata)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag exit lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1990950048390 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 1990.