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Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH55 on 4 August 2021 at 12:29 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 12:29 on Wednesday 4 August 2021. A 46-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 2021
Wednesday, 12:29
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8507, longitude -3.57417, in the EH55 postcode district and within the built-up area of West Calder. It is one of the crashes that make up the Fauldhouse and the Breich Valley, West Lothian, EH55 8DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991074087
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    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
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Goods vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 2021991074087 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 2021.