A899 crash in West Lothian on 25 July 2015 at 16:25 involving a Fiat Punto
A car and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 16:25 on Saturday 25 July 2015. The 45-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and a 6-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93331, longitude -3.48205, 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
- 2015950003629
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2006.
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 December 2006
2 m awayRef 2006950010913
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 May 2009
2 m awayRef 2009950003215
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 June 1998
2 m awayRef 1998950550898
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 April 2002
2 m awayRef 2002950003531
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 28 December 2008
2 m awayRef 2008950011329
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 April 2003
2 m awayRef 2003950002960
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2015950003629 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.