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Fatal unclassified road crash in East Dunbartonshire G62 on 26 November 1987 at 08:55 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire at 08:55 on Thursday 26 November 1987. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Nov 1987
Thursday, 08:55
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93706, longitude -4.32609, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198797CD03111
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
T or staggered junction
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 198797CD03111 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.