Serious A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 5 April 2000 at 16:50 involving a Renault 11
A Renault 11 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 16:50 on Wednesday 5 April 2000. The 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Apr 2000
- Wednesday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 11 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94793, longitude -4.30003, 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
- 200097CD01104
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 3 September 2008
14 m awayRef 200897BF70109
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 14 December 2003
50 m awayRef 200397CD03212
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 August 2003
57 m awayRef 200397CD00108
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 29 June 1999
58 m awayRef 199997CD03006
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 19 August 1992
58 m awayRef 199297CD02108
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 5 August 1987
58 m awayRef 198797CD01108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 11
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200097CD01104 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 2000.