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Serious unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH41 on 26 March 1993 at 19:45 involving a Subaru Subaru

A Subaru Subaru and a Daimler Sovereign were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 19:45 on Friday 26 March 1993. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were 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 T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Mar 1993
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Subaru Subaru and Daimler Sovereign
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93857, longitude -2.75284, in the EH41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993950334293
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6369

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 22 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Subaru

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Daimler Sovereign

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    4,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Subaru)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daimler Sovereign)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daimler Sovereign)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Subaru)

    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 1993950334293 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 1993.