B715 crash in West Lothian on 8 July 2000 at 17:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B715 in West Lothian at 17:00 on Saturday 8 July 2000. The 45-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2000
- Saturday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79819, longitude -3.73008, in the EH47 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000950006371
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 715
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 14 November 1989
78 m awayRef 198997QC07511
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 26 January 1991
155 m awayRef 199197QC09501
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 11 August 1992
162 m awayRef 199297PB02808
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 12 December 1992
162 m awayRef 199297PB03712
Serious
Car crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 18 March 1993
216 m awayRef 1993950301593
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire, 16 March 1996
297 m awayRef 199697QC03003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2000950006371 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 2000.