A89 crash in West Lothian on 28 July 2003 at 17:55 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the A89 in West Lothian at 17:55 on Monday 28 July 2003. The 34-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 24-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jul 2003
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91556, longitude -3.52569, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Livingston North, West Lothian, EH54 8FL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950006137
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 89
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2004.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 10 February 2004
22 m awayRef 2004950001465
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 20 September 1992
30 m awayRef 1992951101892
Slight
MG Maestro crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 11 December 1994
36 m awayRef 1994951349394
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 1 October 2007
36 m awayRef 2007950008392
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 4 November 1991
40 m awayRef 1991951254091
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 30 October 2007
42 m awayRef 2007950009183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2003950006137 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.