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Serious B8050 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 19 April 1994 at 19:15 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri hit a pedestrian on the B8050 in East Dunbartonshire at 19:15 on Tuesday 19 April 1994. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and the 49-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Apr 1994
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Capri
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93301, longitude -4.34987, in the G61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497CD01804
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8050
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

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 199497CD01804 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 1994.