A199 crash in East Lothian on 9 August 2012 at 17:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A199 in East Lothian at 17:47 on Thursday 9 August 2012. The 25-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Aug 2012
- Thursday, 17:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98351, longitude -2.66397, in the EH40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950004379
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 199
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 1407
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2004.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 6 February 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950001102
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 13 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002950001427
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 23 July 1982
14 m awayRef 198295782E047
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 19 February 1985
14 m awayRef 198595285E018
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 24 December 2005
14 m awayRef 2005950011643
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1407 in East Lothian, 6 June 2020
22 m awayRef 2020990956033
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,487 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2012950004379 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.