M9 crash in West Lothian on 9 February 2009 at 15:05 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the M9 in West Lothian at 15:05 on Monday 9 February 2009. The 30-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 2009
- Monday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95921, longitude -3.43786, in the EH52 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009950000982
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Lothian and Borders
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 1990.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 15 February 1990
14 m awayRef 1990950210990
Slight
Leyland Roadrunner crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 12 May 1993
14 m awayRef 1993950509793
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 17 December 2016
17 m awayRef 2016950005860
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 13 October 1983
20 m awayRef 198395O83F017
Fatal
Peugeot 406 crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 1 July 1998
22 m awayRef 1998950631198
Slight
Volvo crash on the M9 in West Lothian, 16 January 1995
30 m awayRef 1995950046795
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, 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 2009950000982 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 2009.