C road crash in East Lothian EH41 on 18 August 2005 at 13:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on a C road in East Lothian at 13:40 on Thursday 18 August 2005. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2005
- Thursday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93362, longitude -2.70105, in the EH41 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950007128
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 1992.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in East Lothian, 13 June 1992
10 m awayRef 1992950671492
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Lothian, 11 September 1982
90 m awayRef 198295982E016
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 19 August 1988
515 m awayRef 198895888E016
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 January 1998
623 m awayRef 1998950044598
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 October 2006
626 m awayRef 2006950008652
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in East Lothian, 23 July 2003
730 m awayRef 2003950005978
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 2005950007128 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 2005.