B8046 crash in West Lothian on 5 December 2018 at 14:10 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera crashed on the B8046 in West Lothian at 14:10 on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Dec 2018
- Wednesday, 14:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94796, longitude -3.50875, 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
- 2018950001660
- 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
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 August 2005.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 18 August 2005
6 m awayRef 2005950007112
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 13 March 1997
77 m awayRef 1997950285597
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 6 October 1995
77 m awayRef 1995951035195
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 15 February 2011
99 m awayRef 2011950001123
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B8046 in West Lothian, 14 November 2004
101 m awayRef 2004950009961
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in West Lothian, 2 December 1994
101 m awayRef 1994951304094
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018950001660 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 2018.