Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G32 on 26 July 2014 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen Berlingo taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 14:00 on Saturday 26 July 2014. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 2014
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85785, longitude -4.1556, in the G32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Centre, Glasgow City, G33 3PP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497BD21007
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 2021.
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 7 September 2021
8 m awayRef 2021991085005
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 5 June 2014
8 m awayRef 201497BD20506
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 14 April 2016
13 m awayRef 201697BD01404
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 9 August 2003
15 m awayRef 200397EB70308
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 15 March 2016
21 m awayRef 201697BD01003
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B765 in Glasgow City, 16 October 2004
34 m awayRef 200497EB03210
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 41, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201497BD21007 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 2014.