B6371 crash in East Lothian on 16 July 2006 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B6371 in East Lothian at 17:00 on Sunday 16 July 2006. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 16 Jul 2006
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92603, longitude -2.93745, in the EH33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950006154
- 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
- 6371
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 35%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 65%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 24 September 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950008843
Serious
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 19 November 1986
41 m awayRef 198695N86E037
Serious
Car crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 29 March 1987
41 m awayRef 198795387E033
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 11 June 2009
45 m awayRef 2009950004452
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 11 November 1984
132 m awayRef 198495N84E009
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 13 July 1998
136 m awayRef 1998950672198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2006950006154 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.