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Serious B9080 crash in West Lothian on 29 August 1979 at 15:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B9080 in West Lothian at 15:00 on Wednesday 29 August 1979. The 28-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 1979
Wednesday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96478, longitude -3.51703, in the EH49 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197995879F047
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9080
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 197995879F047 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 1979.