Serious B6454 crash in East Lothian on 25 April 2018 at 15:45 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift hit a pedestrian on the B6454 in East Lothian at 15:45 on Wednesday 25 April 2018. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Apr 2018
- Wednesday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94055, longitude -3.04722, in the EH21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Musselburgh. It is one of the crashes that make up the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 6PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000546
- 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
- 6454
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2004.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 15 June 2004
11 m awayRef 2004950005120
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 4 November 2001
11 m awayRef 2001950009756
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 16 January 1993
21 m awayRef 1993950066493
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 10 November 1988
21 m awayRef 198895N88E021
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 19 March 1980
21 m awayRef 198095380E043
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 22 April 1994
21 m awayRef 1994950456294
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2018950000546 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.