Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH48 on 15 June 2001 at 19:15 involving a Renault 19
A Renault 19 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 19:15 on Friday 15 June 2001. The 39-year-old male driver of the Renault 19 and the 24-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2001
- Friday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 19 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90739, longitude -3.65703, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bathgate.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001950005331
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2003.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A800 in West Lothian, 24 May 2003
51 m awayRef 2003950004256
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A800 in West Lothian, 20 February 2004
64 m awayRef 2004950001576
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A800 in West Lothian, 20 December 2010
139 m awayRef 2010950009501
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A800 in West Lothian, 9 August 1994
140 m awayRef 1994950845694
Serious
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 31 May 2024
236 m awayRef 2024991450457
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 15 November 1995
238 m awayRef 1995951216095
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 19
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 19)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2001950005331 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 2001.