A899 crash in West Lothian on 3 July 2010 at 11:50 involving a Scania bus
A Scania bus and a Daewoo Lanos were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 11:50 on Saturday 3 July 2010. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Daewoo Lanos was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jul 2010
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Daewoo Lanos
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92057, longitude -3.52732, in the EH52 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Livingston North, West Lothian, EH54 8FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010950004761
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 89
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 1994.
Slight
Bus crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 18 April 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950444694
Serious
Colt Galant crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 5 October 1991
At the same spotRef 1991951132591
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 7 July 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950727394
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 26 April 1994
At the same spotRef 1994950470794
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 8 August 1991
At the same spotRef 1991950885591
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 4 June 2023
1 m awayRef 2023991318334
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 9,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Daewoo Lanos
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Daewoo Lanos)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2010950004761 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 2010.