Serious B765 crash in Glasgow City on 8 October 2003 at 11:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
Five vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Dennis bus, were involved in a crash on the B765 in Glasgow City at 11:45 on Wednesday 8 October 2003. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Oct 2003
- Wednesday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 5
- Ford Fiesta and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87244, longitude -4.16608, in the G33 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the North East, Glasgow City, G33 5QW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397ED70110
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 765
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 27 July 2017
21 m awayRef 201797GK03907
Slight
Car crash on the B806 in Glasgow City, 14 November 2002
22 m awayRef 200297ED01611
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 27 March 2003
36 m awayRef 200397ED70403
Serious
Car crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 22 October 1982
36 m awayRef 198297DB04510
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 19 October 1983
36 m awayRef 198397DB03810
Serious
Car crash on the B806 in Glasgow City, 15 July 1986
36 m awayRef 198697DB03207
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 5: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200397ED70110 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.