B7015 crash in West Lothian on 11 September 2014 at 14:11 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a car and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on the B7015 in West Lothian at 14:11 on Thursday 11 September 2014. The 18-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2014
- Thursday, 14:11
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89675, longitude -3.46018, in the EH53 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Calder. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH53 0UW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014950004812
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7015
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1985.
Slight
Car crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 3 July 1985
13 m awayRef 198595785F003
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 17 February 1979
22 m awayRef 197995279F025
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 6 May 1979
22 m awayRef 197995579F003
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 19 May 1989
22 m awayRef 198995589F022
Slight
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 3 March 1979
31 m awayRef 197995379F029
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 4 September 1986
31 m awayRef 198695986F031
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 3: Metrocab Metrocab
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2014950004812 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.