A899 crash in West Lothian on 12 March 2015 at 12:15 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun hit a pedestrian on the A899 in West Lothian at 12:15 on Thursday 12 March 2015. A 54-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2015
- Thursday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mitsubishi Shogun
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93426, longitude -3.47024, in the EH52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broxburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5RL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950001186
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 899
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 2 February 1983
2 m awayRef 198395283F001
Slight
Car crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 5 September 1990
2 m awayRef 1990951077790
Slight
Car crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 23 December 1988
8 m awayRef 198895D88F029
Slight
Taxi crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 2 February 1982
8 m awayRef 198295282F033
Serious
Lorry crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 5 December 1989
8 m awayRef 198995D89F010
Slight
Car crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 29 June 1987
12 m awayRef 198795687F045
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,834 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2015950001186 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.