Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH41 on 5 November 2019 at 07:55 involving a Mazda CX7
Four vehicles, including a car and a Mazda CX7, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 07:55 on Tuesday 5 November 2019. The 51-year-old male driver of the car and the 47-year-old male driver of the Mazda CX7 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Nov 2019
- Tuesday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mazda CX7 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95663, longitude -2.78867, in the EH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Haddington and Lammermuir, East Lothian, EH41 3LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950895986
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2002.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 29 November 2002
7 m awayRef 2002950010906
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 2 May 2006
7 m awayRef 2006950003768
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 5 March 2001
21 m awayRef 2001950002199
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 29 January 1982
35 m awayRef 198295182E028
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B6471 in East Lothian, 17 September 1990
95 m awayRef 1990951114690
Slight
Bus crash on the B6471 in East Lothian, 30 September 1989
95 m awayRef 198995989E040
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX7
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,261 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX7)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019950895986 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 2019.