B7002 crash in West Lothian on 27 December 1980 at 19:25 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the B7002 in West Lothian at 19:25 on Saturday 27 December 1980. A 59-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1980; Saturday, 19:25
Vehicles: 2; Bus or coach and car
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 198095D80F041
Council area: West Lothian
Police force: Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 7002
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: Dark, street lights lit
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
Manoeuvre
Slowing or stopping
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
27 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Moving off
Travelling from
South West
Travelling to
North East
First point of impact
Did not impact
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
40 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)
Bus or coach passenger
Standing passenger

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 198095D80F041 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.