A702 crash in Midlothian on 5 December 1990 at 18:25 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A702 in Midlothian at 18:25 on Wednesday 5 December 1990. The 69-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 1990
- Wednesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87448, longitude -3.2071, in the EH10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990951489790
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2001.
Slight
Car crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 20 November 2001
36 m awayRef 2001950010350
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 27 January 1983
45 m awayRef 198395183E024
Fatal
Van crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 15 October 1987
58 m awayRef 198795O87E022
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 13 July 2010
89 m awayRef 2010950005011
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 23 October 2005
89 m awayRef 2005950009322
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A702 in Midlothian, 30 October 1990
89 m awayRef 1990951311190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 1990951489790 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.