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A81 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 11 November 2016 at 18:30 involving a Nissan Qashqai

A Nissan Qashqai hit a pedestrian on the A81 in East Dunbartonshire at 18:30 on Friday 11 November 2016. A 78-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 2016
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
1
Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92022, longitude -4.32123, in the G61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bearsden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bearsden North, East Dunbartonshire, G61 3DL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201697GJ70111
Council area
East Dunbartonshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
808

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 201697GJ70111 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.