Serious A739 crash in Glasgow City on 31 May 2009 at 15:15 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A739 in Glasgow City at 15:15 on Sunday 31 May 2009. The 54-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 May 2009
- Sunday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89475, longitude -4.3228, in the G13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Drumchapel/Anniesland, Glasgow City, G13 1LG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997AE02505
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 2023.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 5 December 2023
25 m awayRef 2023991382990
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 2 February 2010
36 m awayRef 201097AE00202
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 5 May 1998
54 m awayRef 199897CA00805
Serious
Car crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 4 August 1986
54 m awayRef 198697CA00808
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 12 April 1982
54 m awayRef 198297CA01804
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 March 1992
54 m awayRef 199297CA03903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200997AE02505 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.