A6124 crash in East Lothian on 16 February 2020 at 13:00 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A6124 in East Lothian at 13:00 on Sunday 16 February 2020. The 41-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 207 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2020
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Jeep Cherokee
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92618, longitude -3.03702, in the EH21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH21 8QF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990931084
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6124
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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 with 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 17 May 2006
20 m awayRef 2006950004268
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 8 September 2001
26 m awayRef 2001950007866
Slight
Bus crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 3 March 1982
29 m awayRef 198295382E005
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 29 July 2015
30 m awayRef 2015950003565
Slight
Car crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 30 March 1994
56 m awayRef 1994950366094
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6124 in East Lothian, 20 January 2008
62 m awayRef 2008950000561
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020990931084 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 2020.