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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH48 on 19 October 2005 at 16:00 involving a Nissan Almera

A Nissan Almera and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 16:00 on Wednesday 19 October 2005. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Oct 2005
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Almera and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89795, longitude -3.66414, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bathgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005950009193
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
20 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 2005950009193 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 2005.