B1361 crash in East Lothian on 24 September 2006 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B1361 in East Lothian at 18:00 on Sunday 24 September 2006. The 18-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger were 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
- 24 Sep 2006
- Sunday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94444, longitude -3.00626, 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
- 2006950008421
- 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
- 1361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2011.
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Rover Mini crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 16 November 2011
At the same spotRef 2011950007393
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Iveco crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 6 August 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950006921
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London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 August 2010
14 m awayRef 2010950006324
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Austin Montego crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 1 March 1993
14 m awayRef 1993950238793
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Ford Orion crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 6 September 1992
22 m awayRef 1992951026192
Slight
Alfa Romeo 155 crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 19 January 2004
22 m awayRef 2004950000550
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2006950008421 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.