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A1 crash in East Lothian on 9 August 1979 at 06:30 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A1 in East Lothian at 06:30 on Thursday 9 August 1979. The 36-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 1979
Thursday, 06:30
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9913, longitude -2.57192, in the EH42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995879E010
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1087

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 197995879E010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Lothian road accident statistics for 1979.