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B704 crash in Midlothian on 9 October 1993 at 00:40 involving a Vauxhall Astramax

A Vauxhall Astramax hit a pedestrian on the B704 in Midlothian at 00:40 on Saturday 9 October 1993. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 1993
Saturday, 00:40
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astramax
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87252, longitude -3.10012, in the EH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bonnyrigg.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993951096293
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
704
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astramax

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astramax)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1993951096293 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.