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A768 crash in Midlothian on 19 December 1994 at 05:45 involving a Leyland DAF 400

A Leyland DAF 400 crashed on the A768 in Midlothian at 05:45 on Monday 19 December 1994. The 30-year-old male driver, a 19-year-old male passenger and a 45-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1994
Monday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF 400
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.882, longitude -3.12533, in the EH18 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
1994951385294
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
768
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 400

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF 400)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF 400)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF 400)

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 1994951385294 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 1994.