Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G31 on 18 January 2003 at 03:55 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra crashed on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 03:55 on Saturday 18 January 2003. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2003
- Saturday, 03:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85498, longitude -4.19755, 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
- 200397EB70201
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 30 June 2002
10 m awayRef 200297EA05006
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 11 May 2004
10 m awayRef 200497EB02405
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 22 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200697EA02003
Slight
Toyota Hiace crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 4 November 2003
10 m awayRef 200397EA00511
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 1 March 2015
10 m awayRef 201597BA00203
Slight
Ford Tourneo crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 26 November 2018
12 m awayRef 201897GK03411
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)
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 200397EB70201 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.