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A768 crash in Midlothian on 25 September 1998 at 15:55 involving a Dennis bus

A Dennis bus crashed on the A768 in Midlothian at 15:55 on Friday 25 September 1998. A 70-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Sep 1998
Friday, 15:55
Vehicles
1
Dennis
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87435, longitude -3.1745, in the EH20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950968398
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
701

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 19 April 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    5,900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dennis)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1998950968398 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 1998.