B1361 crash in East Lothian on 14 March 2013 at 08:25 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Volkswagen Caddy van were involved in a crash on the B1361 in East Lothian at 08:25 on Thursday 14 March 2013. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford KA and the 63-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2013
- Thursday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Volkswagen Caddy
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95379, longitude -2.98402, in the EH32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestonpans. 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
- 2013950001435
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2024.
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Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 25 November 2024
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Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 4 February 2018
2 m awayRef 2018950000160
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 February 2008
4 m awayRef 2008950001451
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 5 July 1997
4 m awayRef 1997950691497
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 November 2001
4 m awayRef 2001950009632
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 19 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018950000252
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
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 2013950001435 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 2013.