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Serious A7066 crash in West Lothian on 15 September 1998 at 10:00 involving a Vauxhall Omega

A Vauxhall Omega and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A7066 in West Lothian at 10:00 on Tuesday 15 September 1998. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Omega and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88044, longitude -3.66001, in the EH48 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950909598
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
7066
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
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 6 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Omega

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1998950909598 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.