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Serious unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH26 on 1 November 2000 at 13:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 13:50 on Wednesday 1 November 2000. A 79-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and the 92-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured and the 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Nov 2000
Wednesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8421, longitude -3.24221, in the EH26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000950009863
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
702

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 22 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    92 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 92, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2000950009863 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.