A810 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 18 March 2009 at 07:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A810 in East Dunbartonshire at 07:35 on Wednesday 18 March 2009. The 53-year-old male driver of the car and the 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Mar 2009
- Wednesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92749, longitude -4.37294, in the G61 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997BF04103
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 810
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8050
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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 May 2005.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B8050 in East Dunbartonshire, 22 May 2005
10 m awayRef 200597CD03805
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A810 in Glasgow City, 7 September 2000
10 m awayRef 200097CA01909
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B8050 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200197CD00409
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A810 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 July 2009
10 m awayRef 200997BF01207
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B8050 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 April 2005
10 m awayRef 200597CD01804
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B8050 in East Dunbartonshire, 20 February 2007
10 m awayRef 200797CD02802
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200997BF04103 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 2009.