B792 crash in West Lothian on 24 August 1996 at 22:45 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra crashed on the B792 in West Lothian at 22:45 on Saturday 24 August 1996. A 16-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 1996
- Saturday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90707, longitude -3.63731, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bathgate.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996950903296
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 792
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2017.
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 28 January 2017
5 m awayRef 2017950000302
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 27 April 2015
6 m awayRef 2015950002005
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 13 May 2024
15 m awayRef 2024991442104
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 15 September 1991
32 m awayRef 1991951031591
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Nissan Qashqai crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 13 December 2013
33 m awayRef 2013950006973
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 13 November 1991
41 m awayRef 1991951306591
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,593 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 1996950903296 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.