B7031 crash in West Lothian on 30 January 2017 at 13:00 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B7031 in West Lothian at 13:00 on Monday 30 January 2017. The 28-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 2017
- Monday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8876, longitude -3.42398, 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
- 2017950000595
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1995.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 2 July 1995
2 m awayRef 1995950669295
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 10 December 2011
12 m awayRef 2011950007911
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 17 January 2003
26 m awayRef 2003950000588
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 12 February 2014
40 m awayRef 2014950000864
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 7 June 1979
50 m awayRef 197995679F036
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B7031 in West Lothian, 15 September 1980
60 m awayRef 198095980F011
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017950000595 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.