A7066 crash in West Lothian on 21 August 2019 at 17:18 involving a Toyota Aygo
A Toyota Aygo and a car were involved in a crash on the A7066 in West Lothian at 17:18 on Wednesday 21 August 2019. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2019
- Wednesday, 17:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Aygo and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88583, longitude -3.63605, in the EH48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019950870394
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 1999.
Slight
Van crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 11 March 1999
14 m awayRef 1999950250899
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 18 August 1995
23 m awayRef 1995950834995
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 28 November 1993
69 m awayRef 1993951309693
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 19 September 2012
88 m awayRef 2012950005183
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 3 December 2004
91 m awayRef 2004950010654
Slight
Car crash on the A7066 in West Lothian, 11 October 1999
103 m awayRef 1999950009467
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)
- 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 2019950870394 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.