Serious A198 crash in East Lothian on 26 June 2025 at 09:45 involving a MAN lorry
A MAN lorry, a Nissan Note and a BMW 2 Series were involved in a crash on the A198 in East Lothian at 09:45 on Thursday 26 June 2025. The 80-year-old female driver of the Nissan Note was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Thursday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- MAN and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96234, longitude -2.93941, in the EH32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991608697
- Council area
- East Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 198
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 July 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 12 July 1980
3 m awayRef 198095780E007
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 11 October 2022
3 m awayRef 2022991233226
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 10 May 1982
3 m awayRef 198295582E008
Slight
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 25 March 1989
3 m awayRef 198995389E022
Serious
Car crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 7 May 1980
3 m awayRef 198095580E009
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A198 in East Lothian, 30 December 1996
3 m awayRef 1996951396796
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,419 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 3: BMW 2 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Note)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025991608697 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.