Serious unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH54 on 23 January 2006 at 17:44 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:44 on Monday 23 January 2006. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Jan 2006
- Monday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90024, longitude -3.49981, in the EH54 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Livingston and East Calder, West Lothian, EH54 5BN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006950000643
- 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
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1984.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 12 March 1984
At the same spotRef 198495384F022
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 23 October 2020
9 m awayRef 2020990994099
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 28 August 1989
58 m awayRef 198995889F042
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 1 August 2007
72 m awayRef 2007950006597
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 30 September 1991
72 m awayRef 1991951105791
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 15 May 2008
72 m awayRef 2008950004160
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2006950000643 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 2006.