B8084 crash in West Lothian on 16 October 2023 at 17:20 involving a DS DS3
A DS DS3 and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the B8084 in West Lothian at 17:20 on Monday 16 October 2023. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 208 and the 38-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Oct 2023
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- DS DS3 and Peugeot 208
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89768, longitude -3.70016, in the EH48 postcode district and within the built-up area of Armadale. It is one of the crashes that make up the Armadale and Blackridge, West Lothian, EH48 3ET area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991365572
- Council area
- West Lothian
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8084
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 1996.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 20 June 1996
4 m awayRef 1996950639096
Slight
Leyland crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 14 September 1991
12 m awayRef 1991951035791
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 6 January 1993
12 m awayRef 1993950017693
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 13 February 2023
17 m awayRef 2023991275805
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 26 November 1993
21 m awayRef 1993951301593
Serious
Hyundai i20 crash on the B8084 in West Lothian, 17 August 2020
24 m awayRef 2020990973198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DS DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2023991365572 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 2023.