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Serious unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH26 on 1 July 1993 at 12:25 involving a Datsun Cherry

A Datsun Cherry and a Rover Maestro van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 12:25 on Thursday 1 July 1993. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jul 1993
Thursday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Datsun Cherry and Rover Maestro
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84762, longitude -3.20659, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993950698993
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
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Maestro)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Cherry)

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 1993950698993 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 1993.