A898 crash in West Dunbartonshire on 13 November 2017 at 11:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire at 11:40 on Monday 13 November 2017. The 22-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2017
- Monday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92335, longitude -4.45142, in the G60 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clydebank Waterfront, West Dunbartonshire, G60 5LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797LA01511
- Council area
- West Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 898
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 March 2000.
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 23 March 2000
10 m awayRef 200097LC02003
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 2 July 2012
13 m awayRef 201297LA00307
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 22 September 2016
24 m awayRef 201697LA06309
Slight
Volvo crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 2 June 2010
48 m awayRef 201097LA00406
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 20 August 1998
49 m awayRef 199897LA03508
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A898 in West Dunbartonshire, 2 July 1994
49 m awayRef 199497BC00807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201797LA01511 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 2017.