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Serious A82 crash in Glasgow City on 20 January 2012 at 20:50 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A82 in Glasgow City at 20:50 on Friday 20 January 2012. A 59-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jan 2012
Friday, 20:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90025, longitude -4.35016, in the G13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow City, G13 3NB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201297AE02101
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
82
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
Give way or uncontrolled
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 201297AE02101 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.