B1347 crash in East Lothian on 31 August 2017 at 13:00 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B1347 in East Lothian at 13:00 on Thursday 31 August 2017. The 12-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05762, longitude -2.71945, 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
- 2017950001931
- 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
- 1347
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 July 2007.
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 31 July 2007
4 m awayRef 2007950006551
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 30 April 2004
4 m awayRef 2004950003616
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 5 June 2000
13 m awayRef 2000950005321
Serious
Ford Granada crash on the B1347 in East Lothian, 12 October 1995
33 m awayRef 1995951055895
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 12 March 2016
70 m awayRef 2016950001618
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 16 May 2001
72 m awayRef 2001950004312
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017950001931 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.