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Serious M80 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 8 November 1998 at 17:20 involving a Renault Extra

A Renault Extra and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the M80 in East Dunbartonshire at 17:20 on Sunday 8 November 1998. The 54-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Nov 1998
Sunday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Renault Extra and Renault Espace
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90454, longitude -4.13696, 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
199897DC70111
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
80
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
757

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Extra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Espace

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    2,068 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Extra)

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 199897DC70111 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.