Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH53 on 10 December 2016 at 10:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 10:40 on Saturday 10 December 2016. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2016
- Saturday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91012, longitude -3.48791, in the EH53 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016950005811
- 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
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 September 1981.
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 September 1981
9 m awayRef 198195981F010
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 10 January 1997
14 m awayRef 1997950032797
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 December 1994
31 m awayRef 1994951387794
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 13 July 2000
40 m awayRef 2000950006439
Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 10 October 2005
89 m awayRef 2005950008850
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 25 June 2003
122 m awayRef 2003950005217
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016950005811 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.