B6355 crash in East Lothian on 11 December 2010 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B6355 in East Lothian at 13:50 on Saturday 11 December 2010. The 38-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2010
- Saturday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90521, longitude -2.80594, in the EH41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950009194
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6355
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Snowing, 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 235 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 15 January 2008
235 m awayRef 2008950000457
Serious
Subaru Justy crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 6 December 1994
304 m awayRef 1994951325094
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 13 October 1993
344 m awayRef 1993951114693
Serious
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 14 June 1980
363 m awayRef 198095680E020
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B6368 in East Lothian, 9 June 2008
431 m awayRef 2008950004802
Fatal
Hyundai Accent crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 17 January 2005
440 m awayRef 2005950000468
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2010950009194 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.