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Serious B8046 crash in West Lothian on 2 July 2003 at 13:30 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle crashed on the B8046 in West Lothian at 13:30 on Wednesday 2 July 2003. The 24-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 2003
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX750
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9491, longitude -3.50955, 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
2003950005422
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
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 2003950005422 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.