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Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G33 on 3 August 1997 at 08:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 08:15 on Sunday 3 August 1997. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 1997
Sunday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87073, longitude -4.16867, in the G33 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
199797DB00508
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199797DB00508 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 1997.