A1 crash in East Lothian on 6 July 2007 at 19:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A1 in East Lothian at 19:15 on Friday 6 July 2007. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2007
- Friday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9426, longitude -2.98972, 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
- 2007950005811
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 24 April 2011
10 m awayRef 2011950002703
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 19 January 1987
28 m awayRef 198795187E012
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 29 October 1989
36 m awayRef 198995O89E057
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 18 September 1991
57 m awayRef 1991951047591
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 3 May 2012
58 m awayRef 2012950002458
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 26 October 2011
67 m awayRef 2011950006890
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2007950005811 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.