A704 crash in West Lothian on 14 May 2024 at 16:45 involving a Nissan NV200
A car and a Nissan NV200 were involved in a crash on the A704 in West Lothian at 16:45 on Tuesday 14 May 2024. The 37-year-old male driver of the Nissan NV200 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2024
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Nissan NV200
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.80607, longitude -3.66846, in the ML11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991447422
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 704
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 706
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2001.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 18 October 2001
4 m awayRef 2001950009148
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A704 in West Lothian, 5 January 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991537937
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 16 March 2001
12 m awayRef 2001950002552
Slight
Van crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 8 April 1999
12 m awayRef 1999950339399
Slight
MAN crash on the A704 in West Lothian, 14 October 2004
12 m awayRef 2004950008870
Slight
Van crash on the A706 in West Lothian, 14 December 2001
14 m awayRef 2001950011399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan NV200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan NV200)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024991447422 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 2024.