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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 20 May 1997 at 07:30 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and an Austin Montego were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 07:30 on Tuesday 20 May 1997. The 54-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 May 1997
Tuesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Austin Montego
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89417, longitude -3.52227, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950523097
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 October 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Montego)

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 1997950523097 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.