A199 crash in East Lothian on 15 July 2020 at 18:30 involving a Nissan Leaf
A Nissan Leaf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A199 in East Lothian at 18:30 on Wednesday 15 July 2020. The 50-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2020
- Wednesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Leaf and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95886, longitude -2.79698, in the EH41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Haddington.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990965409
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 199
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1980.
Slight
Van crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 4 August 1980
1 m awayRef 198095880E006
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 2 March 1979
1 m awayRef 197995379E005
Fatal
Renault 18 crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 28 October 1992
1 m awayRef 1992951247492
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 29 January 1981
1 m awayRef 198195181E024
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 28 May 2009
1 m awayRef 2009950004163
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 2 September 1986
1 m awayRef 198695986E002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Leaf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 50, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020990965409 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.