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Serious A899 crash in West Lothian on 28 February 1997 at 22:25 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 hit a pedestrian on the A899 in West Lothian at 22:25 on Friday 28 February 1997. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Feb 1997
Friday, 22:25
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88796, longitude -3.50124, in the EH54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950234097
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
899
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

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 1997950234097 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 1997.