Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH49 on 5 March 2012 at 15:40 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Honda HR-V were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 15:40 on Monday 5 March 2012. The 57-year-old female driver of the Honda HR-V 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
- 5 Mar 2012
- Monday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Honda HR-V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97584, longitude -3.61188, in the EH49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linlithgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7EL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012950001351
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1996.
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Nissan Micra crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 22 December 1996
10 m awayRef 1996951369196
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Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 25 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012950002890
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Rover 400 Series crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 24 March 1998
14 m awayRef 1998950296998
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Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 17 October 2014
16 m awayRef 2014950005239
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Ford Mondeo crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 23 April 1997
20 m awayRef 1997950418797
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 12 September 2010
20 m awayRef 2010950006642
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Honda HR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda HR-V)
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 2012950001351 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 2012.