Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH41 on 22 January 2002 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 12:30 on Tuesday 22 January 2002. The 31-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jan 2002
- Tuesday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95196, longitude -2.77393, in the EH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddington.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002950000646
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 17 January 1988
10 m awayRef 198895188E017
Serious
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 25 September 1982
20 m awayRef 198295982E041
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 1 August 1983
22 m awayRef 198395883E002
Serious
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 14 March 1981
41 m awayRef 198195381E018
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 24 September 1983
51 m awayRef 198395983E028
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 13 February 2014
77 m awayRef 2014950000851
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 2002950000646 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 2002.