Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH49 on 15 August 2013 at 17:50 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:50 on Thursday 15 August 2013. The 38-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2013
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97391, longitude -3.59729, 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
- 2013950004197
- 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
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1994.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 26 April 1994
46 m awayRef 1994950471994
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 11 August 1989
56 m awayRef 198995889F018
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 September 1994
64 m awayRef 1994950965194
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 4 November 2007
66 m awayRef 2007950009248
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 September 1991
78 m awayRef 1991950984491
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 11 January 2013
88 m awayRef 2013950000187
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 38, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2013950004197 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.