B757 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 20 April 2008 at 11:05 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1
A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire at 11:05 on Sunday 20 April 2008. The 38-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2008
- Sunday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- London Taxis Int. TX1 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91543, longitude -4.14864, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkintilloch.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200897BF03304
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2000.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B819 in East Dunbartonshire, 3 July 2000
30 m awayRef 200097CD00407
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 7 April 1994
32 m awayRef 199497DC01704
Slight
Car crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 July 1985
32 m awayRef 198597DC00107
Slight
Lorry crash on the B819 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 August 1999
32 m awayRef 199997CD03508
Slight
Car crash on the B819 in East Dunbartonshire, 13 January 1981
32 m awayRef 198197DC03201
Slight
Car crash on the B812 in East Dunbartonshire, 14 January 1982
32 m awayRef 198297DC02901
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 38, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200897BF03304 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.