B757 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 12 February 2001 at 14:40 involving a lorry
A lorry crashed on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire at 14:40 on Monday 12 February 2001. The 27-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2001
- Monday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91406, longitude -4.14504, in the G66 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197CD03302
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 757
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1990.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B819 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 March 1990
76 m awayRef 199097DC00603
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B759 in East Dunbartonshire, 7 September 2001
91 m awayRef 200197CD70409
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 August 2021
91 m awayRef 2021991074436
Serious
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the B757 in North Lanarkshire, 20 April 2009
92 m awayRef 200997NC01904
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B757 in North Lanarkshire, 12 July 2007
92 m awayRef 200797NC70107
Serious
Lexmoto TR crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 10 April 2025
97 m awayRef 2025991577219
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)
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 200197CD03302 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 2001.