Serious B1361 crash in East Lothian on 18 August 2014 at 17:35 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the B1361 in East Lothian at 17:35 on Monday 18 August 2014. A 10-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 18 Aug 2014
- Monday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95673, longitude -2.9593, in the EH33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 1LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004494
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2018.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 10 May 2018
9 m awayRef 2018950000613
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 17 January 1993
18 m awayRef 1993950066593
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 6 February 2015
18 m awayRef 2015950000526
Serious
Lorry crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 23 July 1984
23 m awayRef 198495784E040
Slight
Car crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 18 April 1989
23 m awayRef 198995489E016
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B1361 in East Lothian, 1 April 2012
27 m awayRef 2012950001867
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2014950004494 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.