Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 3 August 2019 at 12:55 involving a Wrightbus Streetlite
A Wrightbus Streetlite hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 12:55 on Saturday 3 August 2019. A 39-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 3 Aug 2019
- Saturday, 12:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Wrightbus Streetlite
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89711, longitude -3.4997, 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 5BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950864680
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1991.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 1 June 1991
19 m awayRef 1991950607491
Slight
Volvo S80 crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 28 January 2019
23 m awayRef 2019950000114
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 9 November 1983
32 m awayRef 198395N83F010
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 23 July 2019
52 m awayRef 2019950861329
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 31 March 1996
57 m awayRef 1996950329996
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 21 August 2002
61 m awayRef 2002950007482
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Streetlite
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Streetlite)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 2019950864680 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.