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Serious unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH33 on 27 July 1992 at 21:00 involving an MCW Metrocab taxi

An MCW Metrocab taxi crashed on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 21:00 on Monday 27 July 1992. A 71-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jul 1992
Monday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
MCW Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94463, longitude -2.95406, in the EH33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tranent.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992950844092
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
199

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 serious injury crash on 28 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    25 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1992950844092 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 1992.