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Serious A803 crash in Glasgow City on 3 December 1990 at 15:00 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and an ERF lorry were involved in a crash on the A803 in Glasgow City at 15:00 on Monday 3 December 1990. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van and the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Dec 1990
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and ERF
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87946, longitude -4.23311, in the G21 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
199097DA00212
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 22 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: ERF

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    10,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199097DA00212 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 1990.