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Serious A702 crash in Midlothian on 5 October 1990 at 14:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra, a Datsun Sunny and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 14:00 on Friday 5 October 1990. The 41-year-old female driver of the Datsun Sunny, the 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 1990
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Sierra and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8427, longitude -3.24029, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951200490
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 7 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,171 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1990951200490 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.