Serious B8023 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 30 May 2009 at 22:40 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire at 22:40 on Saturday 30 May 2009. The 21-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was 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
- 30 May 2009
- Saturday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95977, longitude -4.08397, in the G65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997BF04705
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8023
- 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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1992.
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B802 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 May 1992
40 m awayRef 199297NC02405
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 18 November 1989
40 m awayRef 198997DC05911
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 7 February 2025
44 m awayRef 2025991583710
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 November 2008
58 m awayRef 200897BF02111
Slight
Car crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 12 December 1993
60 m awayRef 199397DC04612
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 December 2000
73 m awayRef 200097CD00512
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
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 200997BF04705 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.