Serious A728 crash in Glasgow City on 26 March 2017 at 11:28 involving a Kia Sportage
A Kia Sportage and a Peugeot 3008 were involved in a crash on the A728 in Glasgow City at 11:28 on Sunday 26 March 2017. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Mar 2017
- Sunday, 11:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Sportage and Peugeot 3008
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82674, longitude -4.2467, in the G42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langside, Glasgow City, G44 4RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797GD03003
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 728
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2000.
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 30 January 2000
2 m awayRef 200097FB05601
Slight
Volvo XC60 crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 22 March 2011
2 m awayRef 201197GD01903
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 6 October 2015
7 m awayRef 201597GD05210
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 17 April 2004
8 m awayRef 200497GD02004
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 4 August 2014
11 m awayRef 201497GD00108
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 3 May 2003
12 m awayRef 200397GE70305
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Sportage
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 3008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 3008)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Sportage)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Sportage)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201797GD03003 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 2017.