A199 crash in East Lothian on 9 January 2025 at 11:29 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia crashed on the A199 in East Lothian at 11:29 on Thursday 9 January 2025. The 38-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2025
- Thursday, 11:29
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94462, longitude -2.954, in the EH33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tranent. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tranent, Wallyford and Macmerry, East Lothian, EH33 2EQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991539676
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 6371
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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 January 1985.
Serious
Van crash on the A1 in East Lothian, 28 January 1985
4 m awayRef 198595185E010
Serious
MCW Metrocab crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 27 July 1992
4 m awayRef 1992950844092
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 28 April 2015
8 m awayRef 2015950002217
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A199 in East Lothian, 7 April 2014
8 m awayRef 2014950001904
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in East Lothian, 8 May 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950003862
Serious
Car crash on the B6371 in East Lothian, 6 May 1982
12 m awayRef 198295582E024
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025991539676 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 2025.