A89 crash in West Lothian on 3 March 1993 at 08:15 involving a Nissan Cherry
A Nissan Cherry and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A89 in West Lothian at 08:15 on Wednesday 3 March 1993. The 38-year-old female driver of the Nissan Cherry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Mar 1993
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Cherry and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90015, longitude -3.67765, in the EH48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993950250293
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 89
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 89
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2002.
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 6 September 2002
At the same spotRef 2002950008043
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A801 in West Lothian, 7 March 2017
4 m awayRef 2017950000884
Slight
Scania crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 10 March 2024
5 m awayRef 2024991419129
Slight
Hyundai Kona crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 8 October 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991651908
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A801 in West Lothian, 9 November 2017
8 m awayRef 2017950002378
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 8 November 2008
10 m awayRef 2008950009763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Cherry
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,270 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cherry)
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 1993950250293 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 1993.