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Serious B9080 crash in West Lothian on 1 August 1982 at 20:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B9080 in West Lothian at 20:05 on Sunday 1 August 1982. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Aug 1982
Sunday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96133, longitude -3.45218, in the EH52 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198295882F001
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, 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 198295882F001 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 1982.