B6371 crash in East Lothian on 26 July 2012 at 18:25 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the B6371 in East Lothian at 18:25 on Thursday 26 July 2012. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2012
- Thursday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94521, longitude -2.9544, in the EH33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tranent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 2EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950004108
- 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
- 6371
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 19 June 1988
10 m awayRef 198895688E016
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 19 April 2021
13 m awayRef 2021991037299
Serious
Car crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 16 December 1979
14 m awayRef 197995D79E028
Serious
Car crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 16 February 2020
17 m awayRef 2020990971280
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 31 August 2007
20 m awayRef 2007950007517
Slight
Taxi crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 15 December 2000
20 m awayRef 2000950011644
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2012950004108 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.