A899 crash in West Lothian on 5 December 2016 at 12:02 involving a Mercedes van
A Mercedes van and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A899 in West Lothian at 12:02 on Monday 5 December 2016. A 45-year-old male passenger in the Audi Q5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2016
- Monday, 12:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Audi Q5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91524, longitude -3.52521, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Livingston North, West Lothian, EH54 8FL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950005730
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2010.
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 31 August 2010
3 m awayRef 2010950006276
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 16 April 2007
3 m awayRef 2007950003265
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 12 February 2016
4 m awayRef 2016950000976
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 7 May 2016
5 m awayRef 2016950002239
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 8 May 2009
7 m awayRef 2009950003284
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A899 in West Lothian, 30 October 2007
7 m awayRef 2007950009183
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,132 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi Q5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Q5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2016950005730 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.