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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 23 August 1990 at 08:00 involving a Seddon/Atkinson bus

A car and a Seddon/Atkinson bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 08:00 on Thursday 23 August 1990. A 50-year-old male passenger in the Seddon/Atkinson bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1990
Thursday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Car and Seddon/Atkinson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90894, longitude -3.50541, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951001790
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
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 22 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Seddon/Atkinson

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seddon/Atkinson)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1990951001790 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.