Serious B1377 crash in East Lothian on 24 June 2018 at 17:30 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1377 in East Lothian at 17:30 on Sunday 24 June 2018. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Jun 2018
- Sunday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99226, longitude -2.66818, in the EH40 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000821
- 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
- 1377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 117 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 15 September 1985
117 m awayRef 198595985E014
Slight
Car crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 29 April 1980
138 m awayRef 198095480E029
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 11 July 1998
154 m awayRef 1998950661798
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 9 September 1989
232 m awayRef 198995989E014
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 12 March 2006
328 m awayRef 2006950002346
Serious
Car crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 27 April 1984
376 m awayRef 198495484E028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- 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
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 953 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018950000821 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.