Serious B8023 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 18 May 2012 at 09:50 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo crashed on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire at 09:50 on Friday 18 May 2012. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 May 2012
- Friday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96492, longitude -4.0663, 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
- 201297BF01905
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 151 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2000.
Slight
Renault 25 crash on a C road in East Dunbartonshire, 22 November 2000
151 m awayRef 200097CD06311
Serious
Car crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 29 March 2008
164 m awayRef 200897BF07803
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 19 May 2014
180 m awayRef 201497BF70105
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B8023 in East Dunbartonshire, 14 June 2004
218 m awayRef 200497CD02906
Slight
Car crash on the B802 in East Dunbartonshire, 28 November 1988
251 m awayRef 198897NC05811
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 21 October 1983
342 m awayRef 198397DC06010
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 201297BF01905 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 2012.