A803 crash in West Lothian on 17 July 1998 at 18:20 involving a Ford Mondeo
Four vehicles, including a car and a Ford Mondeo, were involved in a crash on the A803 in West Lothian at 18:20 on Friday 17 July 1998. The 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo 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
- 17 Jul 1998
- Friday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Mondeo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9768, longitude -3.59651, in the EH49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linlithgow.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1998950683398
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 803
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 1993.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 4 June 1993
10 m awayRef 1993950602193
Serious
Car crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 14 January 1983
10 m awayRef 198395183F016
Slight
Rover 75 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 March 2005
14 m awayRef 2005950002161
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 15 June 1984
14 m awayRef 198495684E017
Slight
Vauxhall Grandland crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 16 June 2023
18 m awayRef 2023991319517
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 8 June 1990
20 m awayRef 1990950690390
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 1998950683398 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.