A809 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 21 November 2009 at 18:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire at 18:15 on Saturday 21 November 2009. A 13-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2009
- Saturday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92626, longitude -4.34357, in the G61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearsden North, East Dunbartonshire, G61 3RR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997BF04311
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 809
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 809
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2002.
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 28 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200297CD07011
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 16 August 2007
At the same spotRef 200797CD03008
Slight
Porsche 911 crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200897BF01405
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 28 July 2021
5 m awayRef 2021991071376
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 24 September 2016
5 m awayRef 201697BF05809
Serious
Volvo XC60 crash on the A809 in East Dunbartonshire, 29 March 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991571070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200997BF04311 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.