A879 crash in Glasgow City on 6 January 2005 at 16:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on the A879 in Glasgow City at 16:20 on Thursday 6 January 2005. A 36-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jan 2005
- Thursday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88236, longitude -4.25442, in the G22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canal, Glasgow City, G22 5PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200597CB00201
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 879
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 9 November 2012
At the same spotRef 201297BE00611
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 1 July 2006
At the same spotRef 200697CB00107
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 2 December 2007
At the same spotRef 200797BE00112
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 17 August 2021
4 m awayRef 2021991090711
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 10 October 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991653064
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 23 August 2013
5 m awayRef 201397BE01608
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,119 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 200597CB00201 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 2005.