Serious B8048 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 28 July 1998 at 15:15 involving a Mercedes lorry
Two Mercedes lorries and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire at 15:15 on Tuesday 28 July 1998. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jul 1998
- Tuesday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94119, longitude -4.09575, in the G66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199897DC03207
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8048
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 92 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 October 2003.
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 3 October 2003
92 m awayRef 200397CD00610
Slight
Car crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 17 October 1987
100 m awayRef 198797DC04310
Slight
Car crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 19 April 1986
141 m awayRef 198697DC05004
Serious
Car crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 16 October 1982
141 m awayRef 198297DC03410
Slight
Lorry crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 11 May 1981
200 m awayRef 198197DC07405
Slight
Renault crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 February 1990
200 m awayRef 199097DC00202
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,958 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Jackknifed
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xantia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), 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 199897DC03207 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.