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Fatal B765 crash in Glasgow City on 16 November 2000 at 17:06 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B765 in Glasgow City at 17:06 on Thursday 16 November 2000. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was killed and the 47-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Nov 2000
Thursday, 17:06
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84748, longitude -4.15958, in the G32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097EB70211
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
765
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, 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 200097EB70211 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Glasgow City road accident statistics for 2000.