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A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 1 September 1981 at 16:00 involving a bicycle

Two bicycles were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 16:00 on Tuesday 1 September 1981. The 73-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1981
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94451, longitude -4.31213, in the G62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milngavie.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197CD00309
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198197CD00309 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Dunbartonshire road accident statistics for 1981.