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Serious B8046 crash in West Lothian on 23 August 1998 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes 200 van

A Mercedes 200 van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B8046 in West Lothian at 14:00 on Sunday 23 August 1998. The 24-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 200 van and the 51-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 1998
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes 200 and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89638, longitude -3.48157, in the EH53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998950823698
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 June 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 200)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1998950823698 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.