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Serious B1348 crash in East Lothian on 29 August 1982 at 22:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B1348 in East Lothian at 22:40 on Sunday 29 August 1982. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 1982
Sunday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95608, longitude -2.99518, in the EH32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestonpans.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198295882E044
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1348
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    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 198295882E044 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.