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Unclassified road crash in West Dunbartonshire G81 on 2 April 2003 at 14:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Metrocab Metrocab taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Dunbartonshire at 14:45 on Wednesday 2 April 2003. A 3-year-old male passenger in the Metrocab Metrocab taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Apr 2003
Wednesday, 14:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Metrocab Metrocab
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89338, longitude -4.38462, in the G81 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow City, G13 4DD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Dunbartonshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397LC00604
Council area
West Dunbartonshire
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
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,119 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Metrocab Metrocab

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 3, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Metrocab Metrocab)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 200397LC00604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Dunbartonshire road accident statistics for 2003.