B1361 crash in East Lothian on 18 September 2012 at 09:00 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A bicycle and a Citroen Berlingo were involved in a crash on the B1361 in East Lothian at 09:00 on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The 51-year-old male cyclist 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
- 18 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95111, longitude -2.9925, in the EH32 postcode district. 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
- 2012950005486
- 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
- 1361
- 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
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 1984.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 31 May 1984
14 m awayRef 198495584E045
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 11 December 2011
14 m awayRef 2011950008048
Slight
Car crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 12 December 2008
14 m awayRef 2008950010829
Slight
Car crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 22 May 1996
71 m awayRef 1996950511796
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 19 January 1982
71 m awayRef 198295182E026
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 7 January 2016
87 m awayRef 2016950000091
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 51 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 51, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2012950005486 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.