Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 14 December 2009 at 07:45 involving a car
A car crashed on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 07:45 on Monday 14 December 2009. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2009
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88722, longitude -3.55687, 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 7DA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950009976
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 2000.
Slight
Car crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 28 June 2000
32 m awayRef 2000950005751
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 17 April 1996
36 m awayRef 1996950387396
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 29 July 2008
41 m awayRef 2008950006710
Slight
Van crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 19 November 1986
81 m awayRef 198695N86F032
Slight
Van crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 27 August 1984
81 m awayRef 198495884F029
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 25 July 1996
86 m awayRef 1996950737596
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2009950009976 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 2009.