A6137 crash in East Lothian on 18 July 2015 at 10:40 involving a Nissan Note
A car and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the A6137 in East Lothian at 10:40 on Saturday 18 July 2015. The 46-year-old male driver of the car, the 41-year-old female driver of the Nissan Note and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Note were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00259, longitude -2.84751, in the EH32 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950003886
- 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
- 6137
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 36%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 64%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 1 September 1983
15 m awayRef 198395983E002
Slight
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 17 July 1980
15 m awayRef 198095780E032
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 27 October 2008
94 m awayRef 2008950009301
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 23 May 2010
114 m awayRef 2010950003699
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 13 February 2016
139 m awayRef 2016950000986
Slight
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 27 June 2008
376 m awayRef 2008950005286
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2015950003886 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.