A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 7 July 2007 at 12:05 involving a Triumph Daytona 955I motorcycle
A Triumph Daytona 955I motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 12:05 on Saturday 7 July 2007. A 32-year-old female passenger on the Triumph Daytona 955I motorcycle and the 40-year-old male rider of the Triumph Daytona 955I motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2007
- Saturday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Daytona 955I and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94659, longitude -4.30428, in the G62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milngavie.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797CD01307
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 50%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 50%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1989.
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 June 1989
10 m awayRef 198997CD02006
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 4 December 1995
10 m awayRef 199597CD00312
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 11 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199597CD01205
Slight
Renault Modus crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 12 June 2013
19 m awayRef 201397BF01306
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 20 February 2010
61 m awayRef 201097BF03602
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 4 July 1991
100 m awayRef 199197CD00407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Daytona 955I
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 955 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Daytona 955I)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Daytona 955I)
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 200797CD01307 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 2007.