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A1 crash in East Lothian on 28 February 2020 at 14:00 involving a Toyota Avensis

A taxi and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A1 in East Lothian at 14:00 on Friday 28 February 2020. The 33-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 2020
Friday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Toyota Avensis
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92526, longitude -3.05916, in the EH21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Musselburgh, East Lothian, EH21 8RE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990938596
Council area
East Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
1

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2020990938596 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.