B6370 crash in East Lothian on 19 April 2018 at 08:00 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Nissan Note were involved in a crash on the B6370 in East Lothian at 08:00 on Thursday 19 April 2018. The 23-year-old female driver of the Nissan Note was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2018
- Thursday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Nissan Note
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99765, longitude -2.5407, in the EH42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000518
- 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
- 6370
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 29 May 1997
4 m awayRef 1997950551097
Serious
Car crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 9 February 2015
4 m awayRef 2015950000543
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 4 April 1994
6 m awayRef 1994950384294
Serious
Car crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 3 October 1984
6 m awayRef 198495O84E003
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 12 July 1983
6 m awayRef 198395783E012
Serious
Car crash on the A1087 in East Lothian, 24 July 1984
6 m awayRef 198495784E027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- 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 2018950000518 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.