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Serious A803 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 10 May 1983 at 16:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle, a bus or coach and two cars were involved in a crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire at 16:30 on Tuesday 10 May 1983. A 50-year-old female pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 May 1983
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
4
Motorcycle and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9203, longitude -4.21145, in the G64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishopbriggs.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198397DC02705
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198397DC02705 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 1983.