Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G4 on 20 November 2012 at 21:40 involving a Kia Picanto
A Kia Picanto and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 21:40 on Tuesday 20 November 2012. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Kia Picanto and the 22-year-old male driver of the Kia Picanto were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2012
- Tuesday, 21:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Picanto and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86033, longitude -4.23972, in the G4 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, G1 1NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297AB02411
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 8
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 2020.
Serious
Vauxhall Adam crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 September 2020
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Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 3 June 2020
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Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 September 2015
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Serious
Isuzu Trucks Grafter crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 25 August 2025
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Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 9 December 2005
10 m awayRef 200597EA02712
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 6 October 2004
10 m awayRef 200497EA00910
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Picanto)
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 201297AB02411 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 2012.