Skip to main content
CrashStats

Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 15 January 2015 at 17:00 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:00 on Thursday 15 January 2015. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2015
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen C1 and Citroen C3
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90251, longitude -3.52482, 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

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015950000158
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
31%
Estimated chance it was slight
69%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C3)

    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 2015950000158 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 2015.