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Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH22 on 26 January 1990 at 15:00

A vehicle hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 15:00 on Friday 26 January 1990. A 15-year-old female pedestrian and a 14-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1990
Friday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88795, longitude -3.07274, 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
1990950115990
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 1990950115990 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.