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Serious A8 crash in Glasgow City on 12 September 2006 at 16:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on the A8 in Glasgow City at 16:30 on Tuesday 12 September 2006. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 2006
Tuesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8528, longitude -4.25878, in the G5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Govan, Glasgow City, G5 8DW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200697GE02309
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
77

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200697GE02309 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 2006.