C road crash in East Lothian EH39 on 13 March 2007 at 17:00 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on a C road in East Lothian at 17:00 on Tuesday 13 March 2007. The 58-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto, the 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo and an 84-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2007
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03161, longitude -2.73813, in the EH39 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950002225
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 42%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 58%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2009.
Slight
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Slight
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Slight
Toyota crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 17 December 2023
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Serious
Car crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 1 September 1979
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Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 8 December 2003
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Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 21 June 2021
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,544 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- 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 2007950002225 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 2007.