A6137 crash in East Lothian on 12 June 2000 at 17:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A6137 in East Lothian at 17:10 on Monday 12 June 2000. The 41-year-old male rider 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
- 12 Jun 2000
- Monday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99156, longitude -2.83275, in the EH32 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950005294
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6137
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 1377
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 March 2019.
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 12 March 2019
4 m awayRef 2019950000342
Serious
Honda CBR crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 21 April 2023
9 m awayRef 2023991299197
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 9 December 2006
10 m awayRef 2006950011145
Slight
Van crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 26 October 1988
10 m awayRef 198895O88E040
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 26 April 2010
14 m awayRef 2010950003025
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 31 May 2011
14 m awayRef 2011950003663
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2000950005294 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 2000.