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B820 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 18 June 2003 at 07:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B820 in East Dunbartonshire at 07:40 on Wednesday 18 June 2003. The 41-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 2003
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94205, longitude -4.15299, 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 1JB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397CD04106
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
820
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 200397CD04106 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 2003.