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Serious M8 crash in West Lothian on 2 February 1998 at 06:00 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro hit a pedestrian on the M8 in West Lothian at 06:00 on Monday 2 February 1998. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 39-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Feb 1998
Monday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Rover Maestro
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9176, longitude -3.53887, 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
1998950117298
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Lothian and Borders

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Motorway
Second road number
8

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Maestro)

    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 1998950117298 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 1998.