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Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G34 on 1 November 1991 at 21:25 involving a Volvo bus

A Volvo bus crashed on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 21:25 on Friday 1 November 1991. A 42-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Nov 1991
Friday, 21:25
Vehicles
1
Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86792, longitude -4.12376, in the G34 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
199197DB00811
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 November 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 199197DB00811 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 1991.