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A705 crash in West Lothian on 1 September 1986 at 06:45 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A705 in West Lothian at 06:45 on Monday 1 September 1986. The 29-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1986
Monday, 06:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87505, longitude -3.59872, in the EH47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198695986F013
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
705
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198695986F013 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 1986.