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A899 crash in West Lothian on 14 July 2018 at 14:03 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite

A Wrightbus Streetlite crashed on the A899 in West Lothian at 14:03 on Saturday 14 July 2018. An 83-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jul 2018
Saturday, 14:03
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus Streetlite
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92996, longitude -3.50547, in the EH52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uphall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broxburn, Uphall and Winchburgh, West Lothian, EH52 5DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018950000935
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
899
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    4,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetlite)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018950000935 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.