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Fatal B812 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 24 December 2000 at 21:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B812 in East Dunbartonshire at 21:15 on Sunday 24 December 2000. A 40-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Volkswagen Golf was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Dec 2000
Sunday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89792, longitude -4.21389, in the G64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishopbriggs.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097CD07912
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
812
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200097CD07912 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.