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A89 crash in West Lothian on 23 October 1997 at 19:30 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the A89 in West Lothian at 19:30 on Thursday 23 October 1997. A 72-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Bluebird and the 34-year-old male driver of the Nissan Bluebird were 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
23 Oct 1997
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Leyland
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90183, longitude -3.64637, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bathgate.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997951098897
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

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 1997951098897 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.