A7066 crash in West Lothian on 3 December 2004 at 14:30 involving a Fiat Seicento
A Fiat Seicento and a Rover 600 Series were involved in a crash on the A7066 in West Lothian at 14:30 on Friday 3 December 2004. The 42-year-old male driver of the Rover 600 Series, the 86-year-old male driver of the Fiat Seicento and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Seicento were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2004
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Seicento and Rover 600 Series
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88613, longitude -3.6347, in the EH48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950010654
- 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
- 7066
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 801
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no 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
- 37%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 63%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 September 2012.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 19 September 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950005183
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 27 June 2007
14 m awayRef 2007950005564
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 30 October 2006
14 m awayRef 2006950009831
Slight
Car crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 11 October 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950009467
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 28 November 1993
22 m awayRef 1993951309693
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 21 August 2019
91 m awayRef 2019950870394
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Seicento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,850 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Seicento)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Seicento)
- 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 2004950010654 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.