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M9 crash in West Lothian on 15 February 1990 at 07:30 involving a Peugeot 309

A Peugeot 309 crashed on the M9 in West Lothian at 07:30 on Thursday 15 February 1990. A 55-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Feb 1990
Thursday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 309
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95925, longitude -3.438, in the EH52 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990950210990
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
9
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 1990950210990 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 1990.