Serious B6414 crash in East Lothian on 7 November 2015 at 15:50 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B6414 in East Lothian at 15:50 on Saturday 7 November 2015. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford KA was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Nov 2015
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92711, longitude -2.96656, in the EH33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950005054
- 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
- 6414
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2007.
Slight
Fiat Stilo crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 7 October 2007
2 m awayRef 2007950008572
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 28 January 2016
15 m awayRef 2016950000698
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 20 January 2016
17 m awayRef 2016950002329
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 25 January 1987
40 m awayRef 198795187E025
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 4 November 2015
49 m awayRef 2015950005034
Serious
Car crash on the B6414 in East Lothian, 21 March 1983
52 m awayRef 198395383E022
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 2015950005054 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.