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B8046 crash in West Lothian on 23 August 1990 at 17:00 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle

A Vespa (Douglas) motorcycle crashed on the B8046 in West Lothian at 17:00 on Thursday 23 August 1990. The 22-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 1990
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Vespa (Douglas)
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93128, longitude -3.50804, in the EH52 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uphall.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990951005690
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8046
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 1990951005690 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.