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Fatal unclassified road crash in East Dunbartonshire G66 on 18 September 1984 at 17:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire at 17:00 on Tuesday 18 September 1984. A 7-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Sep 1984
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96248, longitude -4.16419, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milton of Campsie.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198497DC04709
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198497DC04709 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 1984.