A899 crash in West Lothian on 21 November 2015 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 19:45 on Saturday 21 November 2015. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, the 55-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2015
- Saturday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat 500
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93332, longitude -3.48199, 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
- 2015950005358
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2002.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 April 2002
3 m awayRef 2002950003531
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 June 1998
3 m awayRef 1998950550898
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 December 2006
3 m awayRef 2006950010913
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 May 2009
3 m awayRef 2009950003215
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 28 December 2008
3 m awayRef 2008950011329
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 April 2003
3 m awayRef 2003950002960
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2015950005358 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.