A1 crash in East Lothian on 20 July 1990 at 15:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta, a Ford Sierra and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in East Lothian at 15:45 on Friday 20 July 1990. The 77-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 1990
- Friday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9616, longitude -2.77716, in the EH41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990950860490
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- 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
- Daylight
- 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 18 November 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 18 November 1988
At the same spotRef 198895N88E044
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 7 August 1990
At the same spotRef 1990950933990
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 16 June 1980
At the same spotRef 198095680E037
Serious
Lorry crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 13 May 1980
At the same spotRef 198095580E015
Slight
Bedford crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 28 May 1990
At the same spotRef 1990950636090
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 16 September 1981
At the same spotRef 198195981E029
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 1990950860490 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.