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B7015 crash in West Lothian on 9 August 1997 at 04:10 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX crashed on the B7015 in West Lothian at 04:10 on Saturday 9 August 1997. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 1997
Saturday, 04:10
Vehicles
1
Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86988, longitude -3.56782, in the EH55 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997950816197
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7015
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)

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 1997950816197 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.