Skip to main content
CrashStats

A706 crash in West Lothian on 10 October 2006 at 20:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A706 in West Lothian at 20:00 on Tuesday 10 October 2006. The 25-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 2006
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82671, longitude -3.66892, in the EH55 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2006950008968
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
706
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
71

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 28 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 2006950008968 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.