Serious A891 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 22 February 2009 at 22:45 involving a Mini One
A Mini One and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire at 22:45 on Sunday 22 February 2009. The 37-year-old male driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 59-year-old male driver of the Mini One were seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Feb 2009
- Sunday, 22:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini One and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98218, longitude -4.25574, in the G66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997BF04502
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 891
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1998.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 13 May 1998
81 m awayRef 199897DC01905
Slight
Car crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 February 1995
81 m awayRef 199597DC02202
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 August 2005
102 m awayRef 200597CD00208
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 15 July 2011
202 m awayRef 201197BF01907
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 16 July 2003
216 m awayRef 200397CD70207
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 7 August 1995
250 m awayRef 199597DC02008
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini One)
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 200997BF04502 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.