Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH47 on 20 February 2014 at 17:30 involving a Chevrolet Cruze
A Chevrolet Cruze, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:30 on Thursday 20 February 2014. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 55-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 2014
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Chevrolet Cruze and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8791, longitude -3.58835, in the EH47 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950001009
- 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
- Rural
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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 October 2006.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 31 October 2006
21 m awayRef 2006950009691
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 2 February 2003
24 m awayRef 2003950001179
Slight
Bus crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 16 April 1987
51 m awayRef 198795487F036
Serious
Car crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 3 November 1987
51 m awayRef 198795N87F002
Serious
Bus crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 14 December 1983
60 m awayRef 198395D83F034
Slight
Car crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 2 December 1987
60 m awayRef 198795D87F003
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Cruze
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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2014950001009 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 2014.