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A809 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 7 January 1997 at 07:50 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306, a Fiat Tipo and a Land Rover 88 were involved in a crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire at 07:50 on Tuesday 7 January 1997. The 30-year-old male driver of the Fiat Tipo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 1997
Tuesday, 07:50
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 306 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92957, longitude -4.34165, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797CD00501
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
Urban or rural
Urban

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Land Rover 88

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tipo)

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 199797CD00501 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 1997.