B6414 crash in East Lothian on 23 May 2003 at 15:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra van
A Vauxhall Astra van and a Nissan Almera were involved in a crash on the B6414 in East Lothian at 15:50 on Friday 23 May 2003. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2003
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9163, longitude -2.99721, in the EH21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950004279
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6414
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 February 2012.
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 21 February 2012
22 m awayRef 2012950001074
Slight
MAN crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 20 August 2012
54 m awayRef 2012950004573
Serious
Dacia Sandero crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 7 December 2022
161 m awayRef 2022991254260
Slight
Car crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 10 February 2011
166 m awayRef 2011950001034
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 21 January 1999
349 m awayRef 1999950069399
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 12 August 2014
355 m awayRef 2014950004422
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2003950004279 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 2003.