A6093 crash in East Lothian on 19 July 1998 at 13:00 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A6093 in East Lothian at 13:00 on Sunday 19 July 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 1998
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Almera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95882, longitude -2.77614, in the EH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddington.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950689698
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 25 December 1980
10 m awayRef 198095D80E039
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 August 1998
50 m awayRef 1998950055999
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 28 February 1979
50 m awayRef 197995279E029
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 28 August 1984
50 m awayRef 198495884E034
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 July 1980
50 m awayRef 198095780E003
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A6093 in East Lothian, 2 May 2009
63 m awayRef 2009950003844
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 1998950689698 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.