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A8 crash in Glasgow City on 15 December 2001 at 00:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A8 in Glasgow City at 00:20 on Saturday 15 December 2001. A 27-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306, a 27-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 306 and the 25-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 2001
Saturday, 00:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86033, longitude -4.24004, in the G1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City, G1 1NQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200197AB02412
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 30 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 200197AB02412 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 2001.