A879 crash in Glasgow City on 14 September 2016 at 12:15 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A879 in Glasgow City at 12:15 on Wednesday 14 September 2016. A 62-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 6 and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90902, longitude -4.26891, in the G23 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697BE01109
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 13 August 2014
3 m awayRef 201497BE00908
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 25 June 2020
4 m awayRef 2020990960215
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 23 September 2016
4 m awayRef 201697BE02209
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 3 May 2007
4 m awayRef 200797CA00605
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 18 January 2007
4 m awayRef 200797CA01501
Slight
Audi S3 crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 18 October 2020
4 m awayRef 2020990990922
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 201697BE01109 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.