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Serious A89 crash in West Lothian on 7 April 2025 at 08:40 involving a BMW R Series motorcycle

A BMW R Series motorcycle and a Peugeot 2008 were involved in a crash on the A89 in West Lothian at 08:40 on Monday 7 April 2025. The 49-year-old male rider of the BMW R Series motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Apr 2025
Monday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
BMW R Series and Peugeot 2008
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90016, longitude -3.66505, in the EH48 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2HL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Lothian

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991574808
Council area
West Lothian
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
89

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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R Series

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,170 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 2008

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R Series)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2025991574808 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 2025.