A879 crash in Glasgow City on 13 August 2015 at 11:45 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A879 in Glasgow City at 11:45 on Thursday 13 August 2015. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was 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
- 13 Aug 2015
- Thursday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8818, longitude -4.25433, in the G22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canal, Glasgow City, G22 5PB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201597BE01208
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 879
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2016.
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 4 May 2016
4 m awayRef 201697BE70105
Slight
Car crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 20 January 2016
10 m awayRef 201697BE02001
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 19 January 2024
13 m awayRef 2024991400405
Slight
Car crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 23 July 1987
19 m awayRef 198797CB03207
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 8 February 1983
19 m awayRef 198397CB01602
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 17 October 1983
19 m awayRef 198397CB02010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
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
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201597BE01208 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.