Fatal B8048 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 29 February 2004 at 07:50 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo hit a pedestrian on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire at 07:50 on Sunday 29 February 2004. An 83-year-old female pedestrian was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 29 Feb 2004
- Sunday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93477, longitude -4.14763, 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
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200497CD06402
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8048
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2015.
Slight
Bus crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 October 2015
18 m awayRef 201597BF00410
Slight
Dennis crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 20 September 2008
20 m awayRef 200897BF02909
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 6 March 2003
40 m awayRef 200397CD06103
Slight
Jaguar Sovereign crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 21 February 1995
45 m awayRef 199597DC06102
Slight
Car crash on the B8048 in East Dunbartonshire, 22 March 1982
45 m awayRef 198297DC08003
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 15 May 1990
45 m awayRef 199097DC03405
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Renault Kangoo)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
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 200497CD06402 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.