A739 crash in Glasgow City on 14 December 1998 at 17:15 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the A739 in Glasgow City at 17:15 on Monday 14 December 1998. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 19-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 1998
- Monday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Micra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87861, longitude -4.32739, in the G14 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
- 199897AD04012
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 739
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 1987.
Slight
Car crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 20 May 1987
At the same spotRef 198797BA05405
Slight
MAN crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 21 August 1996
At the same spotRef 199697BA04808
Serious
Car crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 2 August 1983
At the same spotRef 198397BA00408
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 20 June 1985
At the same spotRef 198597BA05706
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 14 July 1994
At the same spotRef 199497BA03007
Slight
Bus crash on the B813 in Glasgow City, 3 October 1989
At the same spotRef 198997BA00710
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 199897AD04012 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 1998.