B7008 crash in West Lothian on 2 November 2005 at 08:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus crashed on the B7008 in West Lothian at 08:40 on Wednesday 2 November 2005. The 43-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2005
- Wednesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8424, longitude -3.54103, in the EH55 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950009730
- 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
- 7008
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2015.
Slight
Van crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 29 December 2015
53 m awayRef 2015950005931
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 31 August 1993
134 m awayRef 1993950936193
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 27 September 2013
255 m awayRef 2013950005222
Slight
Car crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 22 December 2006
255 m awayRef 2006950011674
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 3 September 2011
255 m awayRef 2011950005804
Slight
Nissan crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 15 June 2013
298 m awayRef 2013950003382
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 2005950009730 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.