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M8 crash in Glasgow City on 27 February 2015 at 01:15 involving a Mazda 2

A Mazda 2 crashed on the M8 in Glasgow City at 01:15 on Friday 27 February 2015. A 23-year-old male passenger and the 25-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Feb 2015
Friday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Mazda 2
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87022, longitude -4.15808, in the G33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the North East, Glasgow City, G33 5QW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201597BD03302
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
765

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
21%
Estimated chance it was slight
79%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,349 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 2)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 2)

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 201597BD03302 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.