Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 25 February 2014 at 08:53 involving a Honda Accord
A Honda Accord and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 08:53 on Tuesday 25 February 2014. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Feb 2014
- Tuesday, 08:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Accord and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89318, longitude -3.4958, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950001083
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2013.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 12 June 2013
1 m awayRef 2013950003147
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 4 February 2011
4 m awayRef 2011950000877
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 10 May 2005
4 m awayRef 2005950004003
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 14 October 1997
4 m awayRef 1997951085297
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 16 December 1988
4 m awayRef 198895D88F026
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 March 1997
4 m awayRef 1997950308897
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Accord
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)
- 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 2014950001083 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.