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B812 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 27 December 2001 at 20:15 involving a Toyota Avensis

A Toyota Avensis and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on the B812 in East Dunbartonshire at 20:15 on Thursday 27 December 2001. A 34-year-old male passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi, the 44-year-old male driver of the Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2001
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

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. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopbriggs South, East Dunbartonshire, G64 1RB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200197CD06512
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    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 200197CD06512 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.