A6094 crash in Midlothian on 9 May 2003 at 12:40 involving a Foden lorry
A vehicle and a Foden lorry were involved in a crash on the A6094 in Midlothian at 12:40 on Friday 9 May 2003. The 42-year-old male driver of the Foden lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2003
- Friday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Foden
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82509, longitude -3.16233, in the EH26 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950003815
- Council area
- Midlothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6094
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 September 2016.
Fatal
BMW 1 Series crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 1 September 2016
25 m awayRef 2016950004205
Slight
Van crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 18 December 1989
32 m awayRef 198995D89E013
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 31 January 2003
32 m awayRef 2003950000893
Slight
Car crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 12 August 1985
85 m awayRef 198595885E025
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 23 July 2019
114 m awayRef 2019950860879
Serious
Audi 80 crash on the A6094 in Midlothian, 14 July 1996
143 m awayRef 1996950700996
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Foden
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Foden)
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 2003950003815 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 2003.