B7058 crash in Glasgow City on 27 August 2012 at 22:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Avensis taxi were involved in a crash on the B7058 in Glasgow City at 22:50 on Monday 27 August 2012. The 60-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis taxi and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2012
- Monday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84171, longitude -4.13466, in the G32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shettleston, Glasgow City, G32 9QT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297BD01808
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7058
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2011.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B7058 in Glasgow City, 25 August 2011
10 m awayRef 201197BD01708
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B7058 in Glasgow City, 9 March 2017
11 m awayRef 201797GK01003
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 January 2017
12 m awayRef 201797GK01701
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 April 1982
30 m awayRef 198297EB02804
Slight
Volvo crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 22 May 1992
30 m awayRef 199297EB05805
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 19 November 2002
54 m awayRef 200297EB03311
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 201297BD01808 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.