A739 crash in Glasgow City on 12 September 2016 at 18:45 involving a Chevrolet Spark
A Chevrolet Spark and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on the A739 in Glasgow City at 18:45 on Monday 12 September 2016. A 26-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Berlingo van and the 59-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 2016
- Monday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chevrolet Spark and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87668, longitude -4.32699, in the G11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Victoria Park, Glasgow City, G14 9RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697AD70109
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 739
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2007.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 11 August 2007
1 m awayRef 200797AD01808
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 3 November 2024
1 m awayRef 2024991512017
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 14 May 2024
2 m awayRef 2024991442889
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 2 October 2020
2 m awayRef 2020990986478
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 September 2018
3 m awayRef 201897GU01809
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A739 in Glasgow City, 29 July 2019
3 m awayRef 2019970862592
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Spark
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,206 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 201697AD70109 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 2016.