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A701 crash in Midlothian on 19 July 1996 at 20:45 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova hit a pedestrian on the A701 in Midlothian at 20:45 on Friday 19 July 1996. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 1996
Friday, 20:45
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84621, longitude -3.20383, in the EH26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penicuik.

Map of where the crash happened in Midlothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950718196
Council area
Midlothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
701
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

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

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 9 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,195 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1996950718196 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 1996.