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Serious A891 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 18 October 2000 at 12:30 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire at 12:30 on Wednesday 18 October 2000. A 35-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Oct 2000
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97384, longitude -4.20044, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lennoxtown.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097CD03010
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
891
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200097CD03010 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.