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Serious C road crash in Glasgow City G71 on 5 November 1999 at 17:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on a C road in Glasgow City at 17:20 on Friday 5 November 1999. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova and the 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 1999
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84289, longitude -4.11349, in the G71 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199997EB01411
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 December 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199997EB01411 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.