B6370 crash in East Lothian on 25 March 2006 at 08:40 involving a Piaggio ET2 motorcycle
A Piaggio ET2 motorcycle crashed on the B6370 in East Lothian at 08:40 on Saturday 25 March 2006. The 16-year-old female rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Mar 2006
- Saturday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Piaggio ET2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96464, longitude -2.59492, in the EH42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950002649
- 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
- 6370
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 18 October 1995
80 m awayRef 1995951082895
Fatal
Car crash on the B6370 in East Lothian, 16 January 1982
816 m awayRef 198295182E020
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 11 August 1989
882 m awayRef 198995889E012
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 6 May 2000
1.1 km awayRef 2000950004061
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6370 in East Lothian, 14 May 2003
1.2 km awayRef 2003950003998
Serious
Case IH crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 8 September 2023
1.2 km awayRef 2023991350472
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio ET2
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio ET2)
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 2006950002649 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 2006.