A899 crash in West Lothian on 1 February 2013 at 17:15 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 hit a pedestrian on the A899 in West Lothian at 17:15 on Friday 1 February 2013. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2013
- Friday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93026, longitude -3.50491, in the EH52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uphall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5DD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013950000588
- 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
- 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2004.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 23 January 2004
7 m awayRef 2004950000838
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 15 September 2000
7 m awayRef 2000950008353
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 February 2006
7 m awayRef 2006950001564
Serious
Lorry crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 7 August 1987
7 m awayRef 198795887F008
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 26 April 1992
7 m awayRef 1992950480392
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 24 December 1985
8 m awayRef 198595D85F033
Vehicles involved (1)
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2013950000588 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 2013.