Serious B1348 crash in East Lothian on 14 July 1989 at 17:25 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the B1348 in East Lothian at 17:25 on Friday 14 July 1989. The 23-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jul 1989
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97228, longitude -2.93487, in the EH32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cockenzie and Port Seton.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198995789E025
- 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
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 July 1987.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 7 July 1987
14 m awayRef 198795787E018
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 13 June 1982
22 m awayRef 198295682E008
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 1 August 1989
30 m awayRef 198995889E021
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 15 April 2003
32 m awayRef 2003950003175
Serious
Van crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 8 April 1980
80 m awayRef 198095480E008
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 25 July 1980
112 m awayRef 198095780E042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,256 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198995789E025 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 1989.