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Serious unclassified road crash in Midlothian EH20 on 5 July 1995 at 10:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a van and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Midlothian at 10:45 on Wednesday 5 July 1995. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jul 1995
Wednesday, 10:45
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87572, longitude -3.16239, in the EH20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Loanhead.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995950680995
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    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
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1995950680995 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 1995.