A739 crash in Glasgow City on 11 August 2007 at 18:00 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A739 in Glasgow City at 18:00 on Saturday 11 August 2007. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 2007
- Saturday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87669, longitude -4.32699, in the G11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria Park, Glasgow City, G14 9RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797AD01808
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 739
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 31%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 69%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 3 November 2024.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 3 November 2024
1 m awayRef 2024991512017
Slight
Chevrolet Spark crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 12 September 2016
1 m awayRef 201697AD70109
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 2 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020990986478
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 14 May 2024
2 m awayRef 2024991442889
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 29 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019970862592
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 September 2018
4 m awayRef 201897GU01809
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 200797AD01808 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 2007.