Serious B6355 crash in East Lothian on 26 January 2018 at 18:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the B6355 in East Lothian at 18:10 on Friday 26 January 2018. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jan 2018
- Friday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91887, longitude -2.89106, in the EH34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000117
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 May 1979.
Fatal
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 18 May 1979
20 m awayRef 197995579E033
Slight
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 24 June 1988
25 m awayRef 198895688E027
Slight
Car crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 31 October 1999
48 m awayRef 1999950010208
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 22 July 1999
48 m awayRef 1999950006814
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 9 August 2006
59 m awayRef 2006950006948
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6355 in East Lothian, 29 January 1991
102 m awayRef 1991950111491
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2018950000117 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 2018.