Serious A891 crash in East Dunbartonshire on 30 January 2020 at 18:41 involving a Fiat Tipo
A car, a Fiat Tipo and an Audi Q5 were involved in a crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire at 18:41 on Thursday 30 January 2020. The 40-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jan 2020
- Thursday, 18:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Tipo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96064, longitude -4.12626, in the G66 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Dunbartonshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990925297
- Council area
- East Dunbartonshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 891
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 803
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 2022.
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the A891 in East Dunbartonshire, 11 May 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991182178
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in East Dunbartonshire, 8 January 2000
7 m awayRef 200097CD00701
Slight
BMW Z4 crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 6 July 2011
20 m awayRef 201197BF00707
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 21 May 2013
32 m awayRef 201397BF02705
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 28 June 2006
37 m awayRef 200697CD06006
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A803 in East Dunbartonshire, 30 January 1995
46 m awayRef 199597DC06001
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Fiat Tipo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi Q5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2020990925297 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 2020.