A71 crash in West Lothian on 25 June 2018 at 06:35 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and an Isuzu D-Max van were involved in a crash on the A71 in West Lothian at 06:35 on Monday 25 June 2018. The 55-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2018
- Monday, 06:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Isuzu D-Max
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84278, longitude -3.59639, in the EH55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950000816
- 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
- 71
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2018.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 15 April 2018
10 m awayRef 2018950000496
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 18 May 1994
59 m awayRef 1994950546794
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 17 March 1995
73 m awayRef 1995950293595
Serious
Car crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 28 September 1983
129 m awayRef 198395983F035
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 2 December 2003
140 m awayRef 2003950010039
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 19 September 2025
147 m awayRef 2025991643750
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Isuzu D-Max
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018950000816 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 2018.