Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH39 on 4 September 1990 at 09:00 involving a Honda NE50M motor scooter
A Honda NE50M motor scooter and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 09:00 on Tuesday 4 September 1990. The 63-year-old female rider of the Honda NE50M motor scooter was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 1990
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NE50M and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05717, longitude -2.73861, in the EH39 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Berwick.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1990951064190
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 198
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2007.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 25 April 2007
At the same spotRef 2007950003566
Slight
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 9 May 1989
At the same spotRef 198995589E003
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 21 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198795587E034
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 12 March 2019
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Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 14 October 2021
5 m awayRef 2021991100636
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 3 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198395D83E004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NE50M
Motor scooter
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 63, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Honda NE50M)
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 1990951064190 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.