Serious B1361 crash in East Lothian on 31 July 2014 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the B1361 in East Lothian at 18:00 on Thursday 31 July 2014. The 6-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jul 2014
- Thursday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95256, longitude -2.98833, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004186
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 2000.
Serious
Car crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 11 June 2000
8 m awayRef 2000950005224
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 9 September 1998
8 m awayRef 1998950889798
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 19 February 1995
8 m awayRef 1995950189095
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 6 July 2008
66 m awayRef 2008950005606
Fatal
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 1 May 1996
68 m awayRef 1996950443596
Serious
Italjet Dragster D125 crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 26 August 2005
87 m awayRef 2005950007388
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 6, 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 2014950004186 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 2014.