Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH21 on 8 May 2009 at 08:35 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 08:35 on Friday 8 May 2009. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 May 2009
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93966, longitude -3.05177, 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 6PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950003214
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 24 June 1996
At the same spotRef 1996950652396
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 17 June 2012
At the same spotRef 2012950003395
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 17 June 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991610201
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 14 October 1981
10 m awayRef 198195O81E020
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 19 February 1982
10 m awayRef 198295282E024
Slight
Hyundai Stellar crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 21 June 1997
22 m awayRef 1997950635397
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2009950003214 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 2009.