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A74 crash in Glasgow City on 2 March 2000 at 19:45 involving an MG Maestro

An MG Maestro and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A74 in Glasgow City at 19:45 on Thursday 2 March 2000. A 12-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Corolla and the 40-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 2000
Thursday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
MG Maestro and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83614, longitude -4.16039, in the G32 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
200097EB00203
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
74
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
765

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 200097EB00203 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 2000.