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Unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH26 on 31 October 1990 at 17:00 involving a Honda motorcycle

A minibus and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 17:00 on Wednesday 31 October 1990. The 50-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Oct 1990
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Minibus and Honda
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8347, longitude -3.22312, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951315690
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    69 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 1990951315690 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.