A803 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 23 June 2016 at 22:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire at 22:30 on Thursday 23 June 2016. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jun 2016
- Thursday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89808, longitude -4.23158, in the G64 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bishopbriggs. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopbriggs South, East Dunbartonshire, G64 1RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697BF03006
- 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
- 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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2002.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 14 June 2002
9 m awayRef 200297CD03806
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 9 October 2000
18 m awayRef 200097CD01310
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 11 November 2011
33 m awayRef 201197BF02111
Serious
Vauxhall Adam crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 5 August 2025
48 m awayRef 2025991633307
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 1 June 2005
49 m awayRef 200597CD00206
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 26 August 2005
49 m awayRef 200597CD05108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 201697BF03006 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.