B8046 crash in West Lothian on 24 November 2003 at 20:00 involving a Mazda
A Mazda and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the B8046 in West Lothian at 20:00 on Monday 24 November 2003. The 33-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla, a 16-year-old male passenger in the Mazda and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Mazda were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2003
- Monday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95566, longitude -3.50932, in the EH52 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003950009770
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2015.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 17 October 2015
7 m awayRef 2015950004579
Serious
Car crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 6 June 1989
51 m awayRef 198995689F006
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 7 January 2003
51 m awayRef 2003950000167
Slight
Honda CRV crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 7 May 2009
81 m awayRef 2009950003186
Slight
Audi Q7 crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 13 December 2024
96 m awayRef 2024991529696
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 7 June 2005
100 m awayRef 2005950004900
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda)
- 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 2003950009770 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.