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Serious unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G13 on 17 October 1985 at 12:15 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 12:15 on Thursday 17 October 1985. A 3-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Oct 1985
Thursday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8931, longitude -4.32186, in the G13 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
198597CA04110
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

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

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 3, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198597CA04110 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 1985.