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Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH32 on 29 November 1998 at 12:15 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a Lancia Thema were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 12:15 on Sunday 29 November 1998. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Lancia Thema and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1998
Sunday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and Lancia Thema
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95765, longitude -2.96719, in the EH32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestonpans.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998951193398
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
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lancia Thema

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lancia Thema)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 1998951193398 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.