Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH47 on 21 July 2016 at 14:20 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai, a Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Ecosport were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 14:20 on Thursday 21 July 2016. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Ecosport was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Qashqai and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89027, longitude -3.59662, in the EH47 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 1LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950003619
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A779 in West Lothian, 2 December 2012
24 m awayRef 2012950006878
Serious
Volkswagen Arteon crash on the A779 in West Lothian, 24 August 2021
26 m awayRef 2021991081798
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A779 in West Lothian, 27 April 2004
32 m awayRef 2004950003522
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 14 May 2003
32 m awayRef 2003950003975
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A779 in West Lothian, 23 August 2024
32 m awayRef 2024991482976
Serious
Car crash on the A779 in West Lothian, 17 January 2000
34 m awayRef 2000950000487
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Ecosport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Ecosport)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2016950003619 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 2016.