B857 crash in West Dunbartonshire on 11 September 2016 at 20:37 involving a Ford Ecosport
A Ford Ecosport hit a pedestrian on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire at 20:37 on Sunday 11 September 2016. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Sep 2016
- Sunday, 20:37
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Ecosport
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99021, longitude -4.5838, in the G83 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alexandria. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leven, West Dunbartonshire, G83 0LZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697LA02509
- Council area
- West Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 857
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 June 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 2 June 1982
36 m awayRef 198297LG00106
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 9 February 1995
36 m awayRef 199597LG00602
Slight
Nissan Cherry crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 24 May 1997
36 m awayRef 199797LG01305
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 2 July 1997
36 m awayRef 199797LG00107
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 18 September 1992
36 m awayRef 199297LG02109
Serious
Car crash on the B857 in West Dunbartonshire, 14 February 1987
36 m awayRef 198797LG01302
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Ecosport
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Ecosport)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 201697LA02509 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Dunbartonshire road accident statistics for 2016.