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A706 crash in West Lothian on 1 August 2018 at 14:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Volkswagen Sharan were involved in a crash on the A706 in West Lothian at 14:50 on Wednesday 1 August 2018. The 50-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Sharan and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Sharan were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 2018
Wednesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Sharan
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87169, longitude -3.68503, in the EH48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 0RE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018950001026
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
706
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,398 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Sharan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Sharan)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018950001026 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.