B7008 crash in West Lothian on 16 November 2015 at 15:10 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Ford Ranger van were involved in a crash on the B7008 in West Lothian at 15:10 on Monday 16 November 2015. The 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Ranger van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2015
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82127, longitude -3.52606, in the EH55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015950005281
- 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
- 7008
- 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
- 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 22 July 2017
1 m awayRef 2017950001735
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 14 June 1994
34 m awayRef 1994950642594
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 16 May 1994
342 m awayRef 1994950537194
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 8 September 2005
382 m awayRef 2005950007786
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 18 November 2008
808 m awayRef 2008950009952
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B7008 in West Lothian, 19 December 2003
843 m awayRef 2003950010703
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Ranger
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,953 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Ranger)
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 2015950005281 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 2015.