A803 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 12 January 2016 at 08:30 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire at 08:30 on Tuesday 12 January 2016. The 52-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jan 2016
- Tuesday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94309, longitude -4.15469, in the G66 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkintilloch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, East Dunbartonshire, G66 1JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697BF01401
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 757
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 16 March 2000
2 m awayRef 200097CD04603
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 14 October 2008
2 m awayRef 200897BF02610
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B757 in East Dunbartonshire, 1 December 2003
2 m awayRef 200397CD00212
Serious
Hyundai ix20 crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 7 December 2018
5 m awayRef 201897GJ00312
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 9 September 2005
12 m awayRef 200597CD01609
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 2 August 2005
15 m awayRef 200597CD00308
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 201697BF01401 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 2016.