Serious unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 11 June 1981 at 01:30 involving a car
A car crashed on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 01:30 on Thursday 11 June 1981. The 19-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jun 1981
- Thursday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88204, longitude -3.50788, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198195681F005
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 2021.
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 1 February 2021
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Serious
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 22 January 2018
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Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 7 April 2016
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Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 9 September 1980
54 m awayRef 198095980F026
Slight
Yamaha XC 125 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 24 June 2012
54 m awayRef 2012950003644
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 11 December 1980
54 m awayRef 198095D80F036
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198195681F005 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 1981.