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Serious A71 crash in West Lothian on 3 December 1983 at 15:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A71 in West Lothian at 15:30 on Saturday 3 December 1983. The 9-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1983
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85834, longitude -3.55618, in the EH55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polbeth.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198395D83F013
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 9, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198395D83F013 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 1983.