B808 crash in Glasgow City on 16 August 2003 at 04:45 involving a Peugeot 406 taxi
A car and a Peugeot 406 taxi were involved in a crash on the B808 in Glasgow City at 04:45 on Saturday 16 August 2003. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 406 taxi and the 33-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 406 taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2003
- Saturday, 04:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Peugeot 406
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87792, longitude -4.29014, in the G12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hillhead, Glasgow City, G12 8QW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397AD03408
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 808
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 82
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2016.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A82 in Glasgow City, 28 October 2016
5 m awayRef 201697GF02310
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 January 2015
10 m awayRef 201597AD01001
Serious
Taxi crash on the A82 in Glasgow City, 8 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200797AD01001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B808 in Glasgow City, 9 October 2005
10 m awayRef 200597AD01710
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Glasgow City, 17 May 2009
10 m awayRef 200997AD02205
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A82 in Glasgow City, 29 November 2007
10 m awayRef 200797AD06511
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 406)
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 200397AD03408 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.