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A1 crash in East Lothian on 10 October 2007 at 08:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the A1 in East Lothian at 08:15 on Wednesday 10 October 2007. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 2007
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98887, longitude -2.56243, in the EH42 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunbar and East Linton, East Lothian, EH42 1ST area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007950008427
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
A
Second road number
199

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 2007950008427 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.