B7015 crash in West Lothian on 13 June 2003 at 17:35 involving a Yamaha R6 motorcycle
A Yamaha R6 motorcycle crashed on the B7015 in West Lothian at 17:35 on Friday 13 June 2003. The 22-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jun 2003
- Friday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha R6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89476, longitude -3.47002, in the EH53 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH53 0EA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950004902
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7015
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 August 2003.
Serious
Citroen Synergie crash on the B7015 in the Scottish Borders, 21 August 2003
10 m awayRef 2003950006988
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A71 in West Lothian, 29 May 1980
10 m awayRef 198095580F041
Slight
Car crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 24 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198895D88F042
Slight
Car crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 13 January 1983
20 m awayRef 198395183F018
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 11 October 2017
29 m awayRef 2017950002201
Slight
Daewoo Tacuma crash on the B7015 in West Lothian, 8 February 2005
32 m awayRef 2005950001253
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha R6
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha R6)
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 2003950004902 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 2003.