A89 crash in Glasgow City on 11 August 2003 at 10:20 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A89 in Glasgow City at 10:20 on Monday 11 August 2003. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2003
- Monday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85138, longitude -4.19782, in the G31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shettleston, Glasgow City, G31 4UG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397EA01008
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 89
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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 2 May 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 2 May 2007
At the same spotRef 200797EB00405
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 30 July 2013
9 m awayRef 201397BA01707
Slight
Bus crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 18 September 1981
10 m awayRef 198197EB03909
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 16 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200597EA03212
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 10 December 1994
10 m awayRef 199497EB02212
Serious
Taxi crash on the A802 in Glasgow City, 21 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198797EB04405
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200397EA01008 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.