A899 crash in West Lothian on 24 March 2008 at 10:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 10:20 on Monday 24 March 2008. The 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 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 2008
- Monday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89371, longitude -3.505, in the EH54 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950004368
- 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
- 899
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1988.
Slight
Van crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 5 July 1988
10 m awayRef 198895788F018
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 13 December 1997
41 m awayRef 1997951309997
Slight
Saab 900 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 27 September 2001
51 m awayRef 2001950008519
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 31 October 1998
58 m awayRef 1998951079298
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 February 1996
63 m awayRef 1996950136096
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 9 June 2009
73 m awayRef 2009950004545
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2008950004368 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 2008.