B8046 crash in West Lothian on 3 November 2005 at 17:50 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto crashed on the B8046 in West Lothian at 17:50 on Thursday 3 November 2005. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 2005
- Thursday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89625, longitude -3.48063, in the EH53 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH53 0EA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005950009751
- 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
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1980.
Slight
Van crash on the A767 in West Lothian, 25 December 1980
20 m awayRef 198095D80F040
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 18 August 2005
41 m awayRef 2005950007129
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 20 July 1982
41 m awayRef 198295782F044
Slight
Van crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 16 December 2008
51 m awayRef 2008950010992
Serious
Suzuki GSF 1200 crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 23 June 2005
61 m awayRef 2005950005370
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 23 August 1998
63 m awayRef 1998950823698
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)
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 2005950009751 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.