Unclassified road crash in West Lothian EH48 on 28 March 2008 at 17:40 involving a car
A car crashed on an unclassified road in West Lothian at 17:40 on Friday 28 March 2008. The 40-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Mar 2008
- Friday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92064, longitude -3.64735, in the EH48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950003033
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 January 2019.
Fatal
Optare Solo crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 8 January 2019
11 m awayRef 2019950000033
Serious
Skoda Roomster crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 23 January 2008
45 m awayRef 2008950000859
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 6 March 1998
76 m awayRef 1998950240598
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 10 October 2007
85 m awayRef 2007950008404
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B792 in West Lothian, 8 September 1999
89 m awayRef 1999950008325
Serious
Car crash on the B825 in West Lothian, 16 September 1984
158 m awayRef 198496UG13138
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2008950003033 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 2008.