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M8 crash in West Lothian on 28 January 1984 at 19:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the M8 in West Lothian at 19:00 on Saturday 28 January 1984. A 20-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 1984
Saturday, 19:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91714, longitude -3.53277, in the EH54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198495184F024
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Other
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 198495184F024 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 1984.