B8046 crash in West Lothian on 14 November 2008 at 12:00 involving a Citroen Berlingo
A Citroen Berlingo, a Ford KA and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B8046 in West Lothian at 12:00 on Friday 14 November 2008. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2008
- Friday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen Berlingo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90361, longitude -3.48907, in the EH53 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008950009895
- 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
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 58 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A767 in West Lothian, 1 August 1981
58 m awayRef 198195881F001
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 15 October 1985
58 m awayRef 198595O85F021
Serious
Honda NSR125R crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 16 August 1994
81 m awayRef 1994950868994
Slight
Car crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 28 June 1989
81 m awayRef 198995689F033
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 26 September 1994
94 m awayRef 1994951038094
Slight
Car crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 14 January 1987
134 m awayRef 198795187F009
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 3 (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 2008950009895 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.