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Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH33 on 24 May 1998 at 00:30 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 crashed on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 00:30 on Sunday 24 May 1998. The 67-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 May 1998
Sunday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95084, longitude -2.88071, in the EH33 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950494398
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

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 1998950494398 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.