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Serious A814 crash in West Dunbartonshire on 27 April 1998 at 14:20 involving a Vauxhall Astravan

A Vauxhall Astravan crashed on the A814 in West Dunbartonshire at 14:20 on Monday 27 April 1998. The 61-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 1998
Monday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astravan
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9501, longitude -4.61681, in the G82 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LA06904
Council area
West Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
814
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)

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 199897LA06904 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Dunbartonshire road accident statistics for 1998.