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B6355 crash in East Lothian on 12 March 1990 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B6355 in East Lothian at 17:45 on Monday 12 March 1990. The 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Mar 1990
Monday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90674, longitude -2.85236, in the EH34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950334590
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6355
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, no street lighting
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 1 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 1990950334590 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 1990.