A899 crash in West Lothian on 3 May 2013 at 13:30 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 13:30 on Friday 3 May 2013. A 7-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2013
- Friday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91256, longitude -3.52207, in the EH54 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
- 2013950002311
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2003.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 2 May 2003
1 m awayRef 2003950003632
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 21 September 2009
1 m awayRef 2009950006953
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 23 January 2002
1 m awayRef 2002950000677
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 2 November 2004
1 m awayRef 2004950009569
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 25 September 2013
4 m awayRef 2013950005203
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the M8 in West Lothian, 15 March 2011
14 m awayRef 2011950001801
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2013950002311 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.