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Serious A807 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 16 March 1995 at 05:45 involving a Mercedes van

A Mercedes van crashed on the A807 in East Dunbartonshire at 05:45 on Thursday 16 March 1995. The 52-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1995
Thursday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.934, longitude -4.24906, in the G64 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199597DC04303
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
807
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 135 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,404 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 199597DC04303 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 1995.