A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 1 June 2002 at 15:15 involving a Yamaha motorcycle
A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 15:15 on Saturday 1 June 2002. A 59-year-old female passenger and the 62-year-old male rider were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2002
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Yamaha
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93288, longitude -4.31643, in the G62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milngavie.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297CD00106
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 31 December 1986
14 m awayRef 198697CD04012
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 October 1992
14 m awayRef 199297CD01610
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 March 1986
14 m awayRef 198697CD00803
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 21 August 2006
20 m awayRef 200697CD04308
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 17 October 2021
47 m awayRef 2021991099494
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 13 October 1999
91 m awayRef 199997CD51210
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 62, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)
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 200297CD00106 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 2002.