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A7066 crash in West Lothian on 27 November 2018 at 14:18 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A7066 in West Lothian at 14:18 on Tuesday 27 November 2018. The 47-year-old female driver of the Honda CRV and a 77-year-old female passenger in the Honda CRV were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 2018
Tuesday, 14:18
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Honda CRV
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88069, longitude -3.65997, in the EH48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH48 2HU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018950001608
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
7066
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
A
Second road number
801

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CRV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2018950001608 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.