B6369 crash in East Lothian on 20 July 2017 at 18:57 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto crashed on the B6369 in East Lothian at 18:57 on Thursday 20 July 2017. A 5-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2017
- Thursday, 18:57
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91824, longitude -2.74338, in the EH41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950001738
- 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
- 6369
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2007.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6369 in East Lothian, 1 July 2007
22 m awayRef 2007950005630
Serious
Car crash on the B6369 in East Lothian, 22 September 1979
58 m awayRef 197995979E037
Slight
Car crash on the B6369 in East Lothian, 23 October 2012
59 m awayRef 2012950005921
Serious
Car crash on the B6369 in East Lothian, 11 September 1984
181 m awayRef 198495984E011
Serious
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B6369 in East Lothian, 14 March 2021
521 m awayRef 2021991028026
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 18 April 2010
542 m awayRef 2010950002856
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017950001738 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.