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Serious A809 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 10 February 1992 at 20:50 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a car were involved in a crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire at 20:50 on Monday 10 February 1992. The 31-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Jetta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Feb 1992
Monday, 20:50
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93227, longitude -4.34182, in the G61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsden.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199297CD00602
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
809
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

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 199297CD00602 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 1992.