B8023 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 31 August 2000 at 08:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire at 08:10 on Thursday 31 August 2000. The 34-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2000
- Thursday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95854, longitude -4.08774, in the G65 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097CD06008
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8023
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 1988.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 4 September 1988
41 m awayRef 198897DC01409
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 22 January 1981
98 m awayRef 198197DC06801
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 30 December 1999
106 m awayRef 199997CD06812
Fatal
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 23 June 2008
108 m awayRef 200897BF04406
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 20 June 2007
126 m awayRef 200797CD04006
Slight
Iveco crash on a C road in East Dunbartonshire, 19 April 1996
140 m awayRef 199697DC04404
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200097CD06008 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.