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Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G20 on 6 April 2001 at 23:15 involving a Ford Escort

A taxi and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 23:15 on Friday 6 April 2001. The 40-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and the 40-year-old male driver of the taxi were slightly 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
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2001
Friday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8875, longitude -4.27759, in the G20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Maryhill, Glasgow City, G20 9TA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200197CB00904
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 200197CB00904 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.