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Serious B6355 crash in East Lothian on 25 February 1996 at 17:00 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the B6355 in East Lothian at 17:00 on Sunday 25 February 1996. The 17-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 1996
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Ford Galaxy
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91701, longitude -2.88746, in the EH34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950205996
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6355
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
6363

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 25 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

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 1996950205996 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 1996.