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B1346 crash in East Lothian on 14 August 2015 at 14:53 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B1346 in East Lothian at 14:53 on Friday 14 August 2015. The 79-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 2015
Friday, 14:53
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 207
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05823, longitude -2.72235, in the EH39 postcode district and within the built-up area of North Berwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Berwick Coastal, East Lothian, EH39 4PQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015950005291
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
1346
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
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
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 2015950005291 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.