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Serious A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 10 September 2008 at 20:05 involving an Audi A4

An Audi A4 hit a pedestrian on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 20:05 on Wednesday 10 September 2008. A 20-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Sep 2008
Wednesday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94133, longitude -4.31149, in the G62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milngavie. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, G62 6QR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200897BF01509
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200897BF01509 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 2008.