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A705 crash in West Lothian on 30 September 2021 at 20:30

A vehicle hit a pedestrian on the A705 in West Lothian at 20:30 on Thursday 30 September 2021. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 2021
Thursday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86673, longitude -3.68448, in the EH47 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitburn. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitburn and Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 0RE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021991094112
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
705
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2021991094112 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.