B7031 crash in West Lothian on 13 February 2017 at 18:30 involving a car
A car crashed on the B7031 in West Lothian at 18:30 on Monday 13 February 2017. The 69-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2017
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88132, longitude -3.41918, in the EH27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950000485
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7031
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 April 2018.
Slight
Car crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 6 April 2018
4 m awayRef 2018950000460
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 4 July 2013
26 m awayRef 2013950003487
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 13 August 2001
26 m awayRef 2001950007079
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 8 December 2005
26 m awayRef 2005950011052
Serious
Car crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 6 April 1981
54 m awayRef 198195481F010
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 17 January 2003
54 m awayRef 2003950000501
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 2017950000485 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 2017.