A749 crash in Glasgow City on 13 October 2010 at 22:00 involving a Renault Laguna
A car and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A749 in Glasgow City at 22:00 on Wednesday 13 October 2010. A 65-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 2010
- Wednesday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8506, longitude -4.23149, in the G40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Calton, Glasgow City, G40 2QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201097BA01910
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 749
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2025.
Slight
Suzuki Celerio crash on the A749 in Glasgow City, 12 March 2025
4 m awayRef 2025991564559
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A749 in Glasgow City, 5 October 2018
8 m awayRef 201897GK00410
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A74 in Glasgow City, 14 August 2017
8 m awayRef 201797GK01908
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 30 May 2006
10 m awayRef 200697EA03805
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A749 in Glasgow City, 4 October 2012
10 m awayRef 201297BA00310
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 28 February 2001
10 m awayRef 200197EA03002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- 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 201097BA01910 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 2010.