A701 crash in Midlothian on 18 February 1991 at 23:25 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the A701 in Midlothian at 23:25 on Monday 18 February 1991. An 18-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 1991
- Monday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81037, longitude -3.22937, in the EH26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991950201391
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 701
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 30 March 1982
22 m awayRef 198295382E038
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A703 in Midlothian, 25 January 2002
28 m awayRef 2002950000813
Slight
Car crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 19 November 1986
67 m awayRef 198695N86E051
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 28 November 2009
98 m awayRef 2009950009521
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 19 December 2014
112 m awayRef 2014950006728
Serious
Ducati 996 Biposto crash on the A701 in Midlothian, 18 June 2001
143 m awayRef 2001950005389
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1991950201391 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 1991.