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Fatal B7015 crash in West Lothian on 28 January 1994 at 11:00 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry hit a pedestrian on the B7015 in West Lothian at 11:00 on Friday 28 January 1994. An 80-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Jan 1994
Friday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89928, longitude -3.44122, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994950106094
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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 20 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    13,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1994950106094 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 1994.