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Serious A706 crash in West Lothian on 28 June 2024 at 19:37 involving a Triumph Daytona motorcycle

A Triumph Daytona motorcycle crashed on the A706 in West Lothian at 19:37 on Friday 28 June 2024. The 32-year-old female rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jun 2024
Friday, 19:37
Vehicles
1
Triumph Daytona
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9434, longitude -3.66578, in the EH48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Armadale and Blackridge, West Lothian, EH48 4NE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991461444
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
706
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
792

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Daytona

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    18 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Daytona)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

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 2024991461444 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 2024.