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Serious unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH47 on 21 October 2004 at 08:22 involving a Honda Prelude

A Honda Prelude crashed on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 08:22 on Thursday 21 October 2004. A 20-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 52-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 2004
Thursday, 08:22
Vehicles
1
Honda Prelude
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86161, longitude -3.6864, 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.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004950009083
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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 September 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Prelude)

    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 2004950009083 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 2004.