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Serious A68 crash in Midlothian on 24 December 1994 at 21:45 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the A68 in Midlothian at 21:45 on Saturday 24 December 1994. A 41-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and the 40-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX were seriously injured and a 47-year-old male passenger in the Citroen ZX was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 1994
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Citroen ZX
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87753, longitude -2.98582, in the EH37 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994951419294
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
68
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
6372

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1994951419294 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.