Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH27 on 24 June 2005 at 06:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 06:50 on Friday 24 June 2005. The 42-year-old male rider of the Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jun 2005
- Friday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88973, longitude -3.41642, in the EH27 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950005398
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 34%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 66%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 102 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1990.
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 22 November 1990
102 m awayRef 1990951421590
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 March 1990
114 m awayRef 1990950364390
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 24 August 2002
136 m awayRef 2002950007590
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 22 May 2001
143 m awayRef 2001950004535
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 19 October 1983
151 m awayRef 198395O83F027
Fatal
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 5 November 1981
161 m awayRef 198195N81F010
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 2005950005398 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 2005.