A199 crash in East Lothian on 7 January 2008 at 17:30 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A199 in East Lothian at 17:30 on Monday 7 January 2008. The 24-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jan 2008
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9446, longitude -2.98689, in the EH33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950000496
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 199
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1998.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 3 September 1998
At the same spotRef 1998950885898
Slight
Citroen Synergie crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 15 April 2005
At the same spotRef 2005950003249
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 12 June 2008
At the same spotRef 2008950004948
Slight
Mini First crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 23 August 2014
8 m awayRef 2014950004564
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 4 March 2014
9 m awayRef 2014950001339
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 20 February 1990
10 m awayRef 1990950241190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2008950000496 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 2008.