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Serious A807 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 23 April 1987 at 17:45 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A807 in East Dunbartonshire at 17:45 on Thursday 23 April 1987. The 12-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Apr 1987
Thursday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93649, longitude -4.30845, in the G62 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198797CD02604
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
807
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 10 September 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, 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 198797CD02604 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 1987.