A6137 crash in East Lothian on 28 September 2020 at 18:30 involving a BMW 3 Series
Two BMW 3 Series cars were involved in a crash on the A6137 in East Lothian at 18:30 on Monday 28 September 2020. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2020
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99148, longitude -2.8325, 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
- 2020990985131
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6137
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1377
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2014.
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 12 February 2014
6 m awayRef 2014950000833
Slight
Van crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 26 October 1988
6 m awayRef 198895O88E040
Fatal
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 29 January 1988
8 m awayRef 198895188E033
Slight
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 18 July 1986
8 m awayRef 198695786E018
Slight
Car crash on the B1377 in East Lothian, 24 October 1995
8 m awayRef 1995951106795
Slight
Car crash on the A6137 in East Lothian, 9 February 1989
8 m awayRef 198995289E015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2020990985131 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.