Serious B1345 crash in East Lothian on 22 January 2015 at 08:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1345 in East Lothian at 08:05 on Thursday 22 January 2015. The 48-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jan 2015
- Thursday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05531, longitude -2.74677, in the EH39 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Berwick.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950000240
- 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
- 1345
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2023.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 19 November 2023
21 m awayRef 2023991376388
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 7 December 1979
29 m awayRef 197995D79E006
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 26 January 1980
29 m awayRef 198095180E036
Slight
Lorry crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 27 November 1979
41 m awayRef 197995N79E046
Serious
Subaru Justy crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 4 November 1996
51 m awayRef 1996951130696
Slight
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 30 August 1983
57 m awayRef 198395883E025
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 48, 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 2015950000240 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 2015.