A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 16 June 2011 at 16:30 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 and a Mercedes CLK Class were involved in a crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 16:30 on Thursday 16 June 2011. The 30-year-old female driver of the Mercedes CLK Class and the 56-year-old male driver of the Mazda 6 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2011
- Thursday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 6 and Mercedes CLK Class
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93378, longitude -4.31665, in the G62 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milngavie. It is one of the crashes that make up the Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, G62 6QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201197BF03306
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8030
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2013.
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the B8030 in East Dunbartonshire, 5 June 2013
13 m awayRef 201397BF00706
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 17 January 1987
22 m awayRef 198797CD01401
Slight
Van crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 18 November 1989
22 m awayRef 198997CD03511
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 13 October 1999
22 m awayRef 199997CD51210
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 8 August 1990
22 m awayRef 199097CD00808
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, 24 August 2013
28 m awayRef 201397BF03308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes CLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes CLK Class)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)
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 201197BF03306 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 2011.