Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G11 on 8 February 2003 at 21:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 21:30 on Saturday 8 February 2003. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and the 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Feb 2003
- Saturday, 21:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88014, longitude -4.32528, in the G11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria Park, Glasgow City, G14 9RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397AD03502
- 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
- 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
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 2016.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 18 May 2016
14 m awayRef 201697AD02805
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 October 2020
16 m awayRef 2020990993280
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 16 November 2005
22 m awayRef 200597AD04411
Serious
Renault 5 crash on a C road in Glasgow City, 29 July 2002
36 m awayRef 200297AD05207
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 16 May 2003
36 m awayRef 200397AD03505
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 September 2015
36 m awayRef 201597AD02109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200397AD03502 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.