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Serious unclassified road crash in East Dunbartonshire G66 on 24 May 2012 at 19:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire at 19:00 on Thursday 24 May 2012. The 7-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2012
Thursday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97589, longitude -4.19623, in the G66 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopbriggs North and Campsie, East Dunbartonshire, G66 7DQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201297BF03205
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 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, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 201297BF03205 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.