Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH48 on 30 August 2007 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 09:20 on Thursday 30 August 2007. A 60-year-old female pedestrian 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
- 30 Aug 2007
- Thursday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8951, longitude -3.60821, 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 1LL area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007950007419
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 20 October 2004
45 m awayRef 2004950009063
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 22 November 1991
45 m awayRef 1991951350991
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 27 August 2008
98 m awayRef 2008950007286
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 16 December 2025
101 m awayRef 2025991683949
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 31 October 2003
102 m awayRef 2003950009049
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 25 November 1996
215 m awayRef 1996951236396
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2007950007419 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 2007.