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Fatal B6370 crash in East Lothian on 16 January 1982 at 20:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B6370 in East Lothian at 20:00 on Saturday 16 January 1982. A 41-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jan 1982
Saturday, 20:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96681, longitude -2.58246, in the EH42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198295182E020
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6370
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 513 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198295182E020 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 1982.