Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH49 on 25 May 2012 at 19:35 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A car and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 19:35 on Friday 25 May 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the car and an 18-year-old female passenger in the car were 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
- 25 May 2012
- Friday, 19:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97584, longitude -3.61172, 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
- 2012950002890
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
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The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2014.
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2012950002890 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.