B792 crash in West Lothian on 18 December 1980 at 20:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the B792 in West Lothian at 20:00 on Thursday 18 December 1980. The 57-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 18 Dec 1980; Thursday, 20:00
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198095D80F028
Council area: West Lothian
Police force: Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 792
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Other
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
57 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198095D80F028 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 1980.