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Serious unclassified road crash in West Dunbartonshire G81 on 1 March 1990 at 17:00 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter

A Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Dunbartonshire at 17:00 on Thursday 1 March 1990. The 21-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and a 21-year-old female passenger on the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Mar 1990
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Vespa (Douglas) and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91651, longitude -4.41288, in the G81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clydebank.

Map of where the crash happened in West Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097BC00203
Council area
West 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 199097BC00203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Dunbartonshire road accident statistics for 1990.