B757 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 26 April 2002 at 08:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire at 08:35 on Friday 26 April 2002. The 52-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 23-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2002
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92545, longitude -4.15688, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkintilloch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, East Dunbartonshire, G66 4HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297CD05004
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2004.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 24 May 2004
14 m awayRef 200497CD04805
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 November 2018
19 m awayRef 201897GJ00411
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 December 2003
40 m awayRef 200397CD01512
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 January 2002
50 m awayRef 200297CD03901
Slight
Car crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 August 1989
50 m awayRef 198997DC00108
Slight
Car crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 February 1982
50 m awayRef 198297DC05002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200297CD05004 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.