B8046 crash in West Lothian on 2 April 2004 at 14:20 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B8046 in West Lothian at 14:20 on Friday 2 April 2004. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2004
- Friday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97373, longitude -3.50875, in the EH49 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004950002768
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 803
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1999.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 7 October 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950009377
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 22 July 1999
At the same spotRef 1999950006777
Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 23 October 1996
20 m awayRef 1996951081696
Serious
Car crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 27 May 1983
50 m awayRef 198395583F040
Serious
Lorry crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 6 November 1987
51 m awayRef 198795N87F007
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 4 December 1996
61 m awayRef 1996951284796
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,021 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, 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 2004950002768 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 2004.