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A8 crash in Glasgow City on 7 May 2011 at 17:40 involving a Mazda RX8

A Mazda RX8 hit a pedestrian on the A8 in Glasgow City at 17:40 on Saturday 7 May 2011. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 2011
Saturday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Mazda RX8
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85371, longitude -4.27737, in the G5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Govan, Glasgow City, G51 1HH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201197GA01405
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
8
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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
23%
Estimated chance it was slight
77%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda RX8

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,616 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda RX8)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 201197GA01405 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.