A803 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 25 December 2016 at 13:15 involving a Citroen Xsara
Two cars, a Citroen Xsara and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire at 13:15 on Sunday 25 December 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2016
- Sunday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen Xsara and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89762, longitude -4.23163, 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
- 201697GJ01812
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 31%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 69%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2013.
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 12 September 2013
3 m awayRef 201397BF01409
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 11 November 2011
21 m awayRef 201197BF02111
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 12 March 1990
42 m awayRef 199097DC04603
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 5 November 1991
42 m awayRef 199197DC02411
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 23 June 2016
51 m awayRef 201697BF03006
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 9 May 2016
58 m awayRef 201697BF00905
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
- 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 201697GJ01812 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.