Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 6 February 2019 at 12:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf
Two Volkswagen Golfs were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 12:45 on Wednesday 6 February 2019. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Feb 2019
- Wednesday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91308, longitude -3.5083, in the EH54 postcode district and within the built-up area of Livingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950000154
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 90 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2000.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 November 2000
90 m awayRef 2000950010189
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 22 November 2019
92 m awayRef 2019950901587
Serious
Piaggio Zip crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 26 October 2009
103 m awayRef 2009950008164
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 5 December 2018
108 m awayRef 2018950001661
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 13 February 2017
127 m awayRef 2017950000584
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 31 May 2000
139 m awayRef 2000950004853
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019950000154 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 2019.