M8 crash in Glasgow City on 18 October 2009 at 21:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Vectra, were involved in a crash on the M8 in Glasgow City at 21:50 on Sunday 18 October 2009. A 29-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 and the 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Oct 2009
- Sunday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86435, longitude -4.2708, in the G3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City, G2 6RF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997AC70910
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 8
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 2019.
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 6 July 2019
8 m awayRef 2019970854985
Slight
HGV crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 21 February 2001
10 m awayRef 200197AC71002
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 19 July 2019
10 m awayRef 2019970859568
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A804 in Glasgow City, 11 December 2025
11 m awayRef 2025991682687
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 14 September 2002
14 m awayRef 200297AC70609
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 15 August 1984
14 m awayRef 198497AC02208
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 4: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, 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 200997AC70910 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 2009.