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Serious B7015 crash in West Lothian on 16 April 1990 at 21:50 involving a Daihatsu Charade

A Daihatsu Charade crashed on the B7015 in West Lothian at 21:50 on Monday 16 April 1990. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Apr 1990
Monday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Charade
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89506, longitude -3.46377, in the EH53 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Calder.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950473390
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7015
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 slight injury crash on 9 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Charade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990950473390 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 1990.