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Serious B6371 crash in East Lothian on 9 January 1981 at 19:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B6371 in East Lothian at 19:40 on Friday 9 January 1981. An 18-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jan 1981
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94535, longitude -2.95424, in the EH33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tranent.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198195181E003
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6371
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 198195181E003 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 1981.