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A82 crash in Glasgow City on 13 February 1999 at 00:30 involving an MCW Metrocab taxi

An MCW Metrocab taxi hit a pedestrian on the A82 in Glasgow City at 00:30 on Saturday 13 February 1999. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1999
Saturday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
MCW Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90061, longitude -4.35002, in the G13 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
199997CA02402
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
82
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (MCW Metrocab)

    Pedestrian location
    On refuge, central island or central reservation

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 199997CA02402 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 1999.