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Serious A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 21 September 1991 at 15:30 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro and a car were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 15:30 on Saturday 21 September 1991. The 68-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Sep 1991
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Maestro and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94741, longitude -4.30109, 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
199197CD02909
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

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 199197CD02909 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 1991.