Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH48 on 3 September 2018 at 15:49 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 15:49 on Monday 3 September 2018. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was 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
- 3 Sep 2018
- Monday, 15:49
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89573, longitude -3.62624, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bathgate. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018950001191
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2011.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 20 August 2011
3 m awayRef 2011950005497
Slight
Ford Ranger crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 16 November 2025
56 m awayRef 2025991669305
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 20 May 2006
103 m awayRef 2006950004390
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 18 January 2002
103 m awayRef 2002950000531
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 12 June 1991
123 m awayRef 1991950648291
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A89 in West Lothian, 15 March 1996
123 m awayRef 1996950278496
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 207)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018950001191 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.