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Serious A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 25 August 1998 at 17:20 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun

A car and a Mitsubishi Shogun were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 17:20 on Tuesday 25 August 1998. The 30-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun, a 15-year-old male passenger in the car and the 46-year-old female driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 1998
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and Mitsubishi Shogun
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95292, longitude -4.29501, in the G62 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897CD01908
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,477 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199897CD01908 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 1998.