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Serious A1 crash in East Lothian on 16 June 1991 at 11:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A1 in East Lothian at 11:20 on Sunday 16 June 1991. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 1991
Sunday, 11:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93236, longitude -3.00578, in the EH21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991950669091
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1991950669091 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 1991.