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Serious A198 crash in East Lothian on 27 January 1988 at 20:45 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A198 in East Lothian at 20:45 on Wednesday 27 January 1988. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jan 1988
Wednesday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95794, longitude -2.95295, in the EH33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198895188E030
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
198
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6371

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 27 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198895188E030 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 1988.