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Serious A6093 crash in East Lothian on 17 March 1980 at 23:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6093 in East Lothian at 23:15 on Monday 17 March 1980. A 63-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 1980
Monday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95802, longitude -2.77548, in the EH41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198095380E019
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6093
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, hit by vehicle 2 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 198095380E019 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 1980.