A899 crash in West Lothian on 12 September 1992 at 11:00 involving a Citroen 2CV
Two cars and a Citroen 2CV were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 11:00 on Saturday 12 September 1992. The 22-year-old female driver of the Citroen 2CV was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 1992
- Saturday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen 2CV and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.915, longitude -3.52388, in the EH54 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1992951050692
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 899
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 8
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 2025.
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 June 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991602103
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 9 September 2009
10 m awayRef 2009950006638
Slight
Car crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 31 March 1982
10 m awayRef 198295382F061
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 19 September 2013
21 m awayRef 2013950005124
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 17 September 2005
22 m awayRef 2005950008119
Serious
Kawasaki Z750 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 1 April 1990
22 m awayRef 1990950416290
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Citroen 2CV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 602 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen 2CV)
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 1992951050692 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 1992.