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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH49 on 4 January 1996 at 17:30 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:30 on Thursday 4 January 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 1996
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Volvo 340 and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97611, longitude -3.62885, in the EH49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linlithgow.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996950026296
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
803

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
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 6 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

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 1996950026296 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 1996.