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B792 crash in West Lothian on 1 March 2017 at 13:00 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite

A Wrightbus Streetlite and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B792 in West Lothian at 13:00 on Wednesday 1 March 2017. The 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Mar 2017
Wednesday, 13:00
Vehicles
2
Wrightbus Streetlite and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87392, longitude -3.6238, in the EH47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Blackburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 7HZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017950001062
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
792
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dry

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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 4 April 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    5,132 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017950001062 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.