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Fatal A810 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 21 June 1986 at 13:10 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A810 in East Dunbartonshire at 13:10 on Saturday 21 June 1986. The 14-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Jun 1986
Saturday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92717, longitude -4.37352, in the G61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198697CD02406
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
810
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
8050

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 serious injury crash on 12 November 1994.

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
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 14, on vehicle 1 (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 198697CD02406 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 1986.