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A89 crash in West Lothian on 19 July 1980 at 10:45 involving a car

Three cars and a van were involved in a crash on the A89 in West Lothian at 10:45 on Saturday 19 July 1980. The 40-year-old male driver of the van, a 32-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 and a 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 4 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 1980
Saturday, 10:45
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93451, longitude -3.44861, in the EH52 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198095780F040
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
899

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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

    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 198095780F040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Lothian road accident statistics for 1980.