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B1361 crash in East Lothian on 13 November 1998 at 14:00 involving a Scania

A Scania crashed on the B1361 in East Lothian at 14:00 on Friday 13 November 1998. The 39-year-old male driver and a 51-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Nov 1998
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Scania
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94988, longitude -2.99454, in the EH32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998951135998
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
1361
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
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    8,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Scania)

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 1998951135998 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.