Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH21 on 24 November 2015 at 18:45 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 18:45 on Tuesday 24 November 2015. The 48-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2015
- Tuesday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94155, longitude -3.06867, in the EH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Musselburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950005421
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6095
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 February 2018.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 18 February 2018
5 m awayRef 2018950000439
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 September 2014
7 m awayRef 2014950004757
Serious
Car crash on the A6095 in East Lothian, 24 August 1988
7 m awayRef 198895888E022
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 19 August 1996
7 m awayRef 1996950829496
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 24 July 1984
9 m awayRef 198495784E038
Slight
Austin Mini crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 29 September 1993
13 m awayRef 1993951160593
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,363 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
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 2015950005421 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.