A71 crash in West Lothian on 6 November 2006 at 16:00 involving a car
A car crashed on the A71 in West Lothian at 16:00 on Monday 6 November 2006. An 80-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2006
- Monday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84809, longitude -3.58151, in the EH55 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Calder. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, West Lothian, EH55 8DL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950009899
- 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
- 71
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1996.
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 11 November 1996
At the same spotRef 1996951169596
Fatal
Nissan Micra crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 31 October 2015
32 m awayRef 2015950004938
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 19 August 2001
36 m awayRef 2001950007235
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 23 October 2016
44 m awayRef 2016950004928
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 19 March 2000
50 m awayRef 2000950002645
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 11 September 1993
50 m awayRef 1993950982293
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2006950009899 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.