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Serious unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G15 on 2 March 1981 at 14:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 14:00 on Monday 2 March 1981. A 59-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Mar 1981
Monday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90679, longitude -4.35788, in the G15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197BC00203
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198197BC00203 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Glasgow City road accident statistics for 1981.