A8 crash in Glasgow City on 13 March 2015 at 16:30 involving a Ford C-Max
A Ford C-Max and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A8 in Glasgow City at 16:30 on Friday 13 March 2015. The 38-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai and the 54-year-old female driver of the Ford C-Max were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2015
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford C-Max and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85657, longitude -4.12121, in the G69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Baillieston, Glasgow City, G69 6DJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201597BD01703
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 7058
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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 January 2024.
Serious
BMW M1 crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 3 January 2024
2 m awayRef 2024991394794
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 25 February 2004
2 m awayRef 200497EB03602
Slight
Fiat Multipla crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 13 July 2005
2 m awayRef 200597EB02207
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 20 March 2012
2 m awayRef 201297BD02003
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 3 April 2011
2 m awayRef 201197BD02804
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A8 in Glasgow City, 5 August 2021
3 m awayRef 2021991074231
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
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 201597BD01703 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 2015.