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Serious B8014 crash in West Dunbartonshire on 21 December 1994 at 17:45 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on the B8014 in West Dunbartonshire at 17:45 on Wednesday 21 December 1994. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Leyland
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91084, longitude -4.42693, 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
199497BC05512
Council area
West Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8014
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199497BC05512 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 1994.