B9080 crash in West Lothian on 23 October 2017 at 15:10 involving a Mini Cooper
A minibus and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the B9080 in West Lothian at 15:10 on Monday 23 October 2017. The 26-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Oct 2017
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Minibus and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96538, longitude -3.50739, in the EH49 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017950002263
- 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
- 9080
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8046
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B9080 in West Lothian, 30 October 2017
3 m awayRef 2017950002304
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 8 June 2001
9 m awayRef 2001950005048
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B9080 in West Lothian, 28 January 2005
9 m awayRef 2005950000847
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B9080 in West Lothian, 4 May 1998
9 m awayRef 1998950430398
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B9080 in West Lothian, 19 July 1998
9 m awayRef 1998950689798
Slight
MZ crash on the B9080 in West Lothian, 10 August 1994
9 m awayRef 1994950849094
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2017950002263 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 2017.