B1361 crash in East Lothian on 6 May 2007 at 12:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B1361 in East Lothian at 12:30 on Sunday 6 May 2007. A 16-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2007
- Sunday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95807, longitude -2.95328, in the EH33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950003948
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2003.
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Renault Clio crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 14 March 2003
At the same spotRef 2003950002370
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Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 7 November 2001
At the same spotRef 2001950010125
Slight
Car crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 11 March 1988
At the same spotRef 198895388E010
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Audi A1 crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 7 December 2017
6 m awayRef 2017950002553
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 17 June 1996
10 m awayRef 1996950609196
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 9 May 1992
14 m awayRef 1992950537892
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), 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 2007950003948 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.