B792 crash in West Lothian on 29 May 1998 at 19:00 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny crashed on the B792 in West Lothian at 19:00 on Friday 29 May 1998. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 May 1998
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8511, longitude -3.61627, in the EH55 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950522998
- 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
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2004.
Slight
Mini One crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 14 February 2004
42 m awayRef 2004950001409
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 22 November 1991
78 m awayRef 1991951347691
Serious
Audi TT crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 30 March 2019
80 m awayRef 2019950000358
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 2 March 2001
85 m awayRef 2001950002096
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 5 May 1992
85 m awayRef 1992950521692
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 21 July 1997
85 m awayRef 1997950745397
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
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 1998950522998 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 1998.