Serious B8023 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 12 July 2001 at 19:22 involving a car
A car crashed on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire at 19:22 on Thursday 12 July 2001. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Jul 2001
- Thursday, 19:22
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 5
- 2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95579, longitude -4.09609, in the G65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200197CD70207
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8023
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 17 July 1986
36 m awayRef 198697DC05807
Slight
Mini One crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 July 2009
50 m awayRef 200997BF00207
Slight
Car crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 3 March 2008
50 m awayRef 200897BF01203
Slight
Car crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 August 1999
73 m awayRef 199997CD01208
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 September 1991
73 m awayRef 199197DC01609
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 24 December 2017
100 m awayRef 201797GJ01512
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200197CD70207 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.