The bicycle struck the windscreen of a white Ford Focus and is believed to come free from a vehicle travelling on the opposite carriageway.
The 60-year-old female driver was able to bring her car to a stop on the hard shoulder. She was then taken to St John’s Hospital in Livingston for treatment to minor injuries.
The bicycle is described as a Kona Kula 2-9 pedal cycle with a 16 inch light blue and white coloured frame. Sergeant Jennifer Forbes, of Police Scotland's Road Policing Unit, said: “The consequences of this incident could have been far more severe and is only through pure luck that nobody was more seriously injured or worse. “It should stand as a stark reminder of the importance of making sure that any load being carried out on.
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