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Serious A814 crash in Glasgow City on 23 May 2003 at 19:00 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia, a Peugeot 306 and an LDV 400 Series van were involved in a crash on the A814 in Glasgow City at 19:00 on Friday 23 May 2003. A 14-year-old male pedestrian hit by the LDV 400 Series van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 May 2003
Friday, 19:00
Vehicles
3
Skoda Octavia and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86029, longitude -4.28127, in the G3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Govan, Glasgow City, G51 1HH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397AC03505
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
814
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
814

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 4 March 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: LDV 400 Series

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 3 (LDV 400 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200397AC03505 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 2003.