B6355 crash in East Lothian on 5 August 2014 at 19:00 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B6355 in East Lothian at 19:00 on Tuesday 5 August 2014. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Aug 2014
- Tuesday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90303, longitude -2.74711, in the EH41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004376
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 6355
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 12 August 2017
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Slight
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Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 10 October 1996
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 16 June 1997
46 m awayRef 1997950625597
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 20 January 1989
62 m awayRef 198995189E037
Slight
Nissan Vanette crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 August 2001
70 m awayRef 2001950007604
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 17, on vehicle 2 (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 2014950004376 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.