A899 crash in West Lothian on 2 July 2014 at 07:50 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 07:50 on Wednesday 2 July 2014. The 20-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 21-year-old male driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 2014
- Wednesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89873, longitude -3.50887, in the EH54 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Livingston South, West Lothian, EH54 6HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950003595
- 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
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 705
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 12 October 2009
4 m awayRef 2009950007674
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 15 October 2009
4 m awayRef 2009950007718
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A705 in West Lothian, 19 November 2019
5 m awayRef 2019950906875
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 21 July 2022
10 m awayRef 2022991202161
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 18 February 2011
14 m awayRef 2011950001200
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 12 May 2004
14 m awayRef 2004950004102
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
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 2014950003595 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.