B7015 crash in West Lothian on 8 March 1999 at 18:25 involving a car
A car crashed on the B7015 in West Lothian at 18:25 on Monday 8 March 1999. The 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Mar 1999
- Monday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9011, longitude -3.43555, in the EH53 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Calder.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1999950242599
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7015
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2004.
Slight
Car crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 15 March 2004
10 m awayRef 2004950002244
Fatal
Leyland crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 31 October 1997
14 m awayRef 1997951126797
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 12 March 1996
32 m awayRef 1996950267296
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 26 September 2004
32 m awayRef 2004950008295
Serious
Car crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 14 December 1985
41 m awayRef 198595D85F014
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 18 May 1996
41 m awayRef 1996950504096
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 1999950242599 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 1999.