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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH52 on 16 November 2001 at 15:15 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 15:15 on Friday 16 November 2001. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Nov 2001
Friday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93419, longitude -3.47135, in the EH52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broxburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5RL area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001950010285
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 18 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2001950010285 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.