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A705 crash in West Lothian on 5 November 1994 at 12:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Ford Fiesta and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A705 in West Lothian at 12:45 on Saturday 5 November 1994. The 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 1994
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87571, longitude -3.59667, in the EH47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994951187694
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
705
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 107 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 March 2025.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Sierra)

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 1994951187694 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.