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A702 crash in Midlothian on 15 February 1990 at 19:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 19:30 on Thursday 15 February 1990. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1990
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Fiat Uno
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85765, longitude -3.21904, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950214890
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
702
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 7 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990950214890 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.