A899 crash in West Lothian on 24 March 2006 at 16:00 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 16:00 on Friday 24 March 2006. The 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2006
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91415, longitude -3.52355, 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.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950002609
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 899
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 27 April 1999.
Slight
Van crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 27 April 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950399899
Slight
Kia Pro Ceed crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 21 December 2016
7 m awayRef 2016950005962
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 24 October 2005
10 m awayRef 2005950009344
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 June 1998
10 m awayRef 1998950555198
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 31 August 2007
10 m awayRef 2007950007527
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 15 January 2003
14 m awayRef 2003950000411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,527 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
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 2006950002609 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 2006.