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A81 crash in Glasgow City on 2 January 1993 at 15:00 involving a Metrocab Metrocab taxi

A Metrocab Metrocab taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A81 in Glasgow City at 15:00 on Saturday 2 January 1993. The 21-year-old female driver of the car and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 1993
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Metrocab Metrocab and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87966, longitude -4.27149, 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
199397CB00201
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
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, 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 3 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199397CB00201 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 1993.