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A198 crash in East Lothian on 8 November 1995 at 16:15 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 hit a pedestrian on the A198 in East Lothian at 16:15 on Wednesday 8 November 1995. A 13-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Nov 1995
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03768, longitude -2.82202, in the EH31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995951167995
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
198
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1995951167995 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 1995.