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A7 crash in Midlothian on 11 January 1992 at 21:45 involving a car

A car crashed on the A7 in Midlothian at 21:45 on Saturday 11 January 1992. A 15-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1992
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85521, longitude -3.06545, in the EH23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992950039892
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 110 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 1992950039892 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 1992.