A1 crash in East Lothian on 29 August 2014 at 08:45 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A1 in East Lothian at 08:45 on Friday 29 August 2014. The 48-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Aug 2014
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95466, longitude -2.8154, in the EH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddington.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004653
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 199
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1990.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 2 February 1990
11 m awayRef 1990950145090
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 12 June 1984
11 m awayRef 198495684E015
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 16 April 1989
11 m awayRef 198995489E024
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 2 October 1983
17 m awayRef 198395O83E002
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 22 August 1993
17 m awayRef 1993950909093
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 26 March 1996
17 m awayRef 1996950311096
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2014950004653 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.