Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G20 on 26 April 1985 at 16:10 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 16:10 on Friday 26 April 1985. A 38-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 1985
- Friday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89714, longitude -4.29811, in the G20 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198597CA04604
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 February 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the A81 in Glasgow City, 4 February 1983
At the same spotRef 198397CA01002
Serious
Kia Pride crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 1 January 1998
At the same spotRef 199897CA00201
Serious
Car crash on the A81 in Glasgow City, 14 January 1999
42 m awayRef 199997CA02201
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 27 January 2009
57 m awayRef 200997BE03401
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A81 in Glasgow City, 18 November 1999
63 m awayRef 199997CA03111
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 21 May 2025
91 m awayRef 2025991599277
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 38, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 198597CA04604 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.