A6093 crash in East Lothian on 3 May 1998 at 15:10 involving a Toyota Carina
A Toyota Carina and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A6093 in East Lothian at 15:10 on Sunday 3 May 1998. An 84-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 1998
- Sunday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Carina and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93626, longitude -2.83332, in the EH41 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950428398
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6093
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2021.
Slight
Car crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 22 February 2021
11 m awayRef 2021991023281
Slight
Car crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 14 November 1980
117 m awayRef 198095N80E018
Slight
Van crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 3 November 2013
118 m awayRef 2013950005954
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 15 May 1995
172 m awayRef 1995950495795
Fatal
Toyota Corolla crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 11 July 1993
172 m awayRef 1993950738393
Serious
Morris Ital crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 4 May 1990
172 m awayRef 1990950536190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 1998950428398 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 1998.