Serious A803 crash in Glasgow City on 16 May 2011 at 15:10 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera hit a pedestrian on the A803 in Glasgow City at 15:10 on Monday 16 May 2011. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 May 2011
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Almera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86743, longitude -4.23485, in the G21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dennistoun, Glasgow City, G4 0EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201197AB02805
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2025.
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 16 March 2025
9 m awayRef 2025991565563
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A803 in Glasgow City, 25 April 2018
9 m awayRef 201897GP00504
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 6 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201197AB70106
Slight
Car crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 7 November 1999
14 m awayRef 199997DA00711
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 19 January 2006
20 m awayRef 200697EC70701
Slight
Chevrolet Kalos crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 25 October 2009
20 m awayRef 200997AB03010
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
- Pedestrian location
- In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 201197AB02805 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 2011.