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Serious A803 crash in West Lothian on 23 October 2022 at 11:30 involving a Dacia Duster

A Dacia Duster and an Audi Q7 were involved in a crash on the A803 in West Lothian at 11:30 on Sunday 23 October 2022. A 78-year-old female passenger in the Dacia Duster was seriously injured and the 78-year-old male driver of the Dacia Duster was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Oct 2022
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Dacia Duster and Audi Q7
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97578, longitude -3.62308, in the EH49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linlithgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7PL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022991233604
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Dacia Duster

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Q7

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Duster)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Duster)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2022991233604 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 2022.