Serious B8048 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 22 August 2001 at 12:00 involving a Renault Clio
Two Renault Clios and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire at 12:00 on Wednesday 22 August 2001. The 50-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 1-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly 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
- 22 Aug 2001
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93474, longitude -4.14426, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkintilloch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, East Dunbartonshire, G66 2BD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197CD05308
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8048
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2013.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B8046 in East Dunbartonshire, 20 August 2013
7 m awayRef 201397BF02408
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 February 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991549522
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 15 June 2001
10 m awayRef 200197CD03006
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200097CD04802
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 4 April 2003
10 m awayRef 200397CD00804
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 16 February 2000
10 m awayRef 200097CD05702
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200197CD05308 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.