B7066 crash in West Lothian on 24 March 1995 at 16:00 involving an MG Metro
An MG Metro and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B7066 in West Lothian at 16:00 on Friday 24 March 1995. A 10-year-old male passenger in the MG Metro was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 1995
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG Metro and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88015, longitude -3.66176, in the EH48 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1995950320795
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7066
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2010.
Slight
Renault crash on the A801 in West Lothian, 14 March 2010
At the same spotRef 2010950002044
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 11 March 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950283794
Slight
ERF crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 28 August 1995
At the same spotRef 1995950880295
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A801 in West Lothian, 17 October 2003
At the same spotRef 2003950008577
Serious
Minibus crash on the B7066 in West Lothian, 17 December 1991
10 m awayRef 1991951465791
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 16 October 2001
10 m awayRef 2001950009092
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG Metro)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 1995950320795 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 1995.