Serious A82 crash in West Dunbartonshire on 24 October 1999 at 05:10 involving an LDV 400 Series minibus
An LDV 400 Series minibus crashed on the A82 in West Dunbartonshire at 05:10 on Sunday 24 October 1999. A 22-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Oct 1999
- Sunday, 05:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- LDV 400 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91892, longitude -4.46637, in the PA8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199997LC70710
- Council area
- West Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 82
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2012.
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: LDV 400 Series
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 22, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (LDV 400 Series)
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 199997LC70710 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 1999.