Serious B6454 crash in East Lothian on 28 November 2016 at 09:15 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Kia Ceed were involved in a crash on the B6454 in East Lothian at 09:15 on Monday 28 November 2016. A 19-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Audi A4 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Nov 2016
- Monday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Kia Ceed
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94314, longitude -3.02847, 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 7HA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950005605
- 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
- 6454
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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 14 February 2017.
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 14 February 2017
2 m awayRef 2017950000488
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 29 September 1992
44 m awayRef 1992951131692
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 17 March 1986
47 m awayRef 198695386E018
Slight
Honda Shuttle crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 25 April 1991
55 m awayRef 1991950466791
Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the B6454 in East Lothian, 14 April 2021
59 m awayRef 2021991036020
Serious
Minibus crash on the B1348 in East Lothian, 21 April 1983
77 m awayRef 198395483E027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Pedestrian location
- On refuge, central island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016950005605 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 2016.