B757 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 17 February 2004 at 13:55 involving a Renault lorry
A Renault lorry and a Fiat Brava were involved in a crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire at 13:55 on Tuesday 17 February 2004. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2004
- Tuesday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault and Fiat Brava
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93921, longitude -4.15636, 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
- 200497CD03002
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1984.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 5 December 1984
14 m awayRef 198497DC01712
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 18 July 1997
14 m awayRef 199797DC02407
Slight
Car crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 12 October 1985
14 m awayRef 198597DC03710
Serious
Taxi crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 25 May 1984
14 m awayRef 198497DC07805
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 26 January 1985
14 m awayRef 198597DC05501
Serious
Lorry crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 9 January 1997
14 m awayRef 199797DC02401
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,174 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Brava
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Brava)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Renault)
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 200497CD03002 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 2004.