Unclassified road crash in East Lothian EH32 on 6 December 2019 at 17:24 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian at 17:24 on Friday 6 December 2019. The 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2019
- Friday, 17:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00892, longitude -2.83333, in the EH32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950906907
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2008.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Lothian, 18 January 2008
17 m awayRef 2008950000529
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Lothian, 15 March 1979
47 m awayRef 197995379E047
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 8 October 1986
133 m awayRef 198695O86E004
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 16 July 2001
145 m awayRef 2001950006191
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 16 March 2016
204 m awayRef 2016950001601
Slight
Porsche Boxster crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 15 October 2009
327 m awayRef 2009950007726
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,084 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019950906907 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.