B6355 crash in East Lothian on 21 March 2017 at 12:05 involving a car
A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B6355 in East Lothian at 12:05 on Tuesday 21 March 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2017
- Tuesday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and taxi
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91703, longitude -2.88753, in the EH34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950001063
- 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
- 6355
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 1996.
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 25 February 1996
5 m awayRef 1996950205996
Serious
Scooter crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 25 September 1984
5 m awayRef 198495984E044
Serious
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 5 December 1980
5 m awayRef 198095D80E003
Slight
Leyland crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 24 August 2005
5 m awayRef 2005950007378
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 31 May 2017
7 m awayRef 2017950001432
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 23 August 2003
14 m awayRef 2003950006905
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2017950001063 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 2017.