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Serious A705 crash in West Lothian on 27 April 1987 at 22:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the A705 in West Lothian at 22:00 on Monday 27 April 1987. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 1987
Monday, 22:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
7
1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88715, longitude -3.55909, in the EH54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198795487F031
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
705
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198795487F031 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 1987.