B1347 crash in East Lothian on 21 April 2012 at 12:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B1347 in East Lothian at 12:00 on Saturday 21 April 2012. The 62-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03869, longitude -2.72558, in the EH39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950002252
- 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
- 1347
- 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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2019.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 8 February 2019
44 m awayRef 2019950000172
Serious
Yamaha FZS crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 18 September 2022
60 m awayRef 2022991220618
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 2 August 2009
91 m awayRef 2009950005890
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 August 2008
170 m awayRef 2008950006902
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 10 May 2009
277 m awayRef 2009950003286
Slight
Car crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 8 July 1979
286 m awayRef 197995779E003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 2012950002252 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 2012.