A1 crash in East Lothian on 17 November 2004 at 07:42 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A1 in East Lothian at 07:42 on Wednesday 17 November 2004. The 21-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2004
- Wednesday, 07:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94773, longitude -2.97801, in the EH33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950010074
- 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
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 January 1987.
Serious
Van crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 20 January 1987
10 m awayRef 198795187E016
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 2 May 1996
45 m awayRef 1996950446596
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 21 December 2015
100 m awayRef 2015950000525
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 1 April 1998
125 m awayRef 1998950757398
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 2 March 2003
152 m awayRef 2003950002009
Serious
Scania crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 23 August 2001
152 m awayRef 2001950007402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
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 2004950010074 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 2004.