B6454 crash in East Lothian on 14 March 2007 at 15:00 involving a Transbus Int
A Transbus Int crashed on the B6454 in East Lothian at 15:00 on Wednesday 14 March 2007. A 6-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2007
- Wednesday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Transbus Int
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94112, longitude -3.03804, in the EH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Musselburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 7HA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950002284
- 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
- 6454
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 2024.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 7 October 2024
10 m awayRef 2024991500542
Serious
Car crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 9 October 1984
14 m awayRef 198495O84E007
Slight
Volvo crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 26 December 2016
16 m awayRef 2016950005998
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 25 August 1996
22 m awayRef 1996950852696
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 15 September 2020
28 m awayRef 2020990981170
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 September 1993
32 m awayRef 1993951058393
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Transbus Int
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Transbus Int)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Alighting
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 2007950002284 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.