A7 crash in Midlothian on 3 August 1992 at 16:50 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A7 in Midlothian at 16:50 on Monday 3 August 1992. The 28-year-old female rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 1992
- Monday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87316, longitude -3.0792, in the EH22 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992950865392
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2013.
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 28 September 2013
3 m awayRef 2013950005344
Slight
Lorry crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 26 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198895O88E034
Serious
Car crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 12 August 1987
10 m awayRef 198795887E031
Serious
Honda crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 9 April 1991
22 m awayRef 1991950399591
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 13 July 1983
22 m awayRef 198395783E033
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A7 in Midlothian, 15 November 1991
22 m awayRef 1991951313091
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 448 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 1992950865392 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.