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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH47 on 22 May 2003 at 16:07 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat Seicento were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 16:07 on Thursday 22 May 2003. The 25-year-old female driver of the Fiat Seicento was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 May 2003
Thursday, 16:07
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat Seicento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86718, longitude -3.68057, in the EH47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 0RE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2003950004207
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 22 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Seicento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Seicento)

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 2003950004207 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 2003.