Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 21 July 2016 at 04:30 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 04:30 on Thursday 21 July 2016. The 21-year-old male cyclist 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
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 04:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89204, longitude -3.5019, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950003655
- 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
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2012.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 14 September 2012
28 m awayRef 2012950006768
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 25 February 2009
41 m awayRef 2009950001379
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 30 July 2006
41 m awayRef 2006950006580
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 June 1980
41 m awayRef 198095680F010
Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 2 June 2002
42 m awayRef 2002950004904
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 August 2008
45 m awayRef 2008950006865
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2016950003655 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.