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Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH21 on 1 April 1997 at 12:10 involving a Volvo 345

A Volvo 345 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 12:10 on Tuesday 1 April 1997. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 12:10
Vehicles
1
Volvo 345
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94114, longitude -3.05196, in the EH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Musselburgh.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950352797
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
Urban or rural
Urban

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, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 August 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 345

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 345)

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

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 1997950352797 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 1997.