B1348 crash in East Lothian on 14 May 2010 at 15:30 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto, a Vauxhall Meriva and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the B1348 in East Lothian at 15:30 on Friday 14 May 2010. The 19-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2010
- Friday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Punto and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95889, longitude -2.98614, in the EH32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestonpans. It is one of the crashes that make up the Preston, Seton and Gosford, East Lothian, EH32 9NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950003478
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1348
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 June 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 24 June 1983
10 m awayRef 198395683E029
Slight
Car crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 4 October 1987
14 m awayRef 198795O87E006
Slight
Car crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 4 January 2002
14 m awayRef 2002950000121
Slight
Car crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 26 May 2014
15 m awayRef 2014950002848
Slight
Peugeot Bipper crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 14 May 2015
15 m awayRef 2015950002299
Slight
Bus crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 22 August 1989
22 m awayRef 198995889E053
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
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 2010950003478 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 2010.